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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Terza rima

Terza rima \Ter"za ri"ma\ [It., a third or triple rhyme.] A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
terza rima

1819, Italian, literally "third rhyme." Dante's measure: a-b-a-b-c-b-c-d-c-, etc.

Wiktionary
terza rima

n. A type of poem with verses of three lines and a rhyme scheme: ''aba bcb cdc''.

WordNet
terza rima

n. a verse form with a rhyme scheme: aba bcb cdc, etc.

Wikipedia
Terza rima

Terza rima is a rhyming verse stanza form that consists of an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme. It was first used by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri.

Usage examples of "terza rima".

But at least Antonio was going after his Silvia, not locking himself away in a borrowed room, wasting paper on some impossible terza rima epic to her.

It was the single souvenir, so to speak, that he possessed of the civilization which had produced both Tamerlane and terza rima.