Main Entry: ses·ti·na

Pronunciation: \se-ˈstē-nə\

Function: noun

Etymology: Italian, from sesto sixth

Date: circa 1586

: a lyrical fixed form consisting of six 6-line usually unrhymed stanzas in which the end words of the first stanza recur as end words of the following five stanzas in a successively rotating order and as the middle and end words of the three verses of the concluding tercet