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Definition of Tercet
1. Noun. The cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one.
Generic synonyms: Digit, Figure
Definition of Tercet
1. n. A triplet.
Definition of Tercet
1. Noun. a three-line stanza in a poem ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tercet
1. a group of three lines of verse [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tercet
Literary usage of Tercet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1856)
"He occasionally ventured to carry on the sense without pause from * Muratori,
delta Perfetti Poesia, i.,22. the first to the second tercet ; an innov» tion ..."
2. Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and by Henry Hallam (1841)
"... i,22. the first to the second tercet ; an innovation praised by many, but
which, at that time, few attempted to imitate, though in later ages it has ..."
3. "Cape Times" Law Reports: A Record of Every Matter Disposed of in the by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Supreme Court (1906)
"The bond became due by reason of non-payment of in tercet. Order granted.
CELLIERS V. MINNA AH. Mr. Van Zyl moved for provisional sentence on a promissory ..."
4. On the Structure of English Verse by Charles Witcomb (1884)
"In the first three-line stanza, or tercet, thj first line rhymes with the third.
Then the second line rhymes with the first and third lines of the second ..."
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