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triolet

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Main Entry:
tri·o·let 
          Listen to the pronunciation of triolet 
          Listen to the pronunciation of triolet
Pronunciation:
\ˈtrē-ə-lət, ˈtrī-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
French, from Middle French, literally, clover leaf, clover, ultimately from Greek triphyllon, from tri- tri- + phyllon leaf — more at blade
Date:
1651
: a poem or stanza of eight lines in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth with a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB


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