[ˈsɒnɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line


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Origin:
Middle English (denoting a song or ballad): from French. The sense ‘poem of fourteen lines’ is partly from Italian sonetto, from Occitan sonet, diminutive of son ‘a sound’

[ˈsɒnɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- compose sonnets
(e.g: and in delightful Tones sit sonneting)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (denoting a song or ballad): from French. The sense ‘poem of fourteen lines’ is partly from Italian sonetto, from Occitan sonet, diminutive of son ‘a sound’