sonnet

Meanings

Noun

• A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.

Verb

• To compose sonnets.
• To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet ("a song"), diminutive of son, from Latin sonus ("sound").