English dictionary: words starting with sest

noun

An ancient roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius.

Usage examples:

There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but i would not part with t…

noun

An ancient roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius.

Usage examples:

There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but i would not part with t…

noun

An ancient roman coin and monetary unit equal to one quarter of a denarius.

Usage examples:

There was, of course, one more thing that may be worth a few sesterces, but i would not part with t…

noun

The last six lines of a sonnet.

Usage examples:

Or as grafton puts it, in rhyming sestets, the footnote has the power to ‘buttress and undermine, a…

noun

The last six lines of a sonnet.

Usage examples:

Or as grafton puts it, in rhyming sestets, the footnote has the power to ‘buttress and undermine, a…

noun

A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line ends in six different sequences.

Usage examples:

We don't get much form poetry, and we haven't had a sestina in at least four years.

noun

A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line ends in six different sequences.

Usage examples:

We don't get much form poetry, and we haven't had a sestina in at least four years.