canzonet
English
Etymology
From Italian canzonetta, diminutive of canzone.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kanzə(ʊ)ˈnɛt/
Noun
canzonet (plural canzonets)
- A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for 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 […].
-