Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stanza or poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun a poem consisting of fourteen lines

Etymologies

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From the French quatorze meaning fourteen.

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