canzonet
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian canzonetta, from canzone (“song”) + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Latin cantiō. Doublet of canzonetta. Cf. canzone.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]canzonet (plural canzonets)
- A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:, 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 […].