sonnet

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To compose sonnets.

   strains that come almost to sonneting

2. 2
   noun

   a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

3. 3
   verb

   compose a sonnet

4. 4
   verb

   praise in a sonnet

5. 5
   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.

6. 6
   verb

   To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.

Etymology

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