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Definition of: terza-rima
(ter′tsä·rē′mä) noun plural ter·ze–ri·me (ter′tsā·rē′mā)
A form of Italian triplet, in iambic decasyllabies or hendecasyllables, in which the middle line of the first triplet rimes with the first and third lines of the following triplet: used by Dante in the Divine Comedy. [<Ital., third or triple line]
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