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Webster 1913 Edition
Canzonet
Canˊzo-net′
,Noun.
[It.
canzonetta
, dim. of canzone
.] (Mus.)
A short song, in one or more parts.
Webster 1828 Edition
Canzonet
CANZONET
,Noun.
Definition 2024
canzonet
canzonet
English
Noun
canzonet (plural canzonets)
- A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society 2006, vol.1, p.213:
- Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sence […].
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society 2006, vol.1, p.213: