sestet (n.)

1801, in music, from Italian sestetto, diminutive of sesto "sixth," from Latin sextus (see Sextus). Same as sextet. More usually "the concluding two stanzas (six lines) of a sonnet" (1859).

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Sextus

masc. proper name, from Latin, properly "the sixth," originally denoting a sixth child, from sextus "sixth," from sex "six" (see six; compare Octavian).

sextet (n.)

1841, also sextette, "work for six voices," altered (by influence of German Sextett) from sestet (q.v.). As "company or group of six persons or things" by 1873.

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Definitions of sestet from WordNet

sestet (n.)

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one;

Synonyms: six / " / vi / sixer / sise / Captain Hicks / half a dozen / sextet / sextuplet / hexad

sestet (n.)

six performers or singers who perform together;

Synonyms: sextet / sextette

sestet (n.)

a set of six similar things considered as a unit;

Synonyms: sextet / sextette

sestet (n.)

a musical composition written for six performers;

Synonyms: sextet / sextette

sestet (n.)

a rhythmic group of six lines of verse;

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