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sextet|sɛksˈtɛt|
Also -ett.
[Alteration of sestet after L. sex six. (In sense 1, a. G. sextett.)]
1. = sestet 1.
1841tr. Schindler's Beethoven II. 380 Sextett in E flat, for two Violins, Alto, two Horns, and Violoncello. 1880Academy 28 Feb. 168/1 A sextett in A major, op. 48, for two violins, two violas, and two violoncellos, by Anton Dvorák.
2. A stanza of six lines.
a1850Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 36 Two sextetts followed by two quattrains. 1877Dowden Shaks. Primer vi. 86 Paris scatters his blossoms with one of those graceful love-speeches in the form of a rhymed sextet.
3. A group or set of six persons or things.
1873W. Boyd (title) Sextet of Morse Alphabets. 1896(title) A Sextet of Singers, or Songs of Six.
4. ‘A bicycle for six riders’ (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). Cf. sextuplet. |