sonnet

A Middle English form of sunl. sonnekint, n. [Early mod. E., later * sonkin, παιδίον, sonnekin, or litle sonne. Udall , tr. of Apophthegms of Erasmus, p. 233, note. IMG:content-1538.png:[blocks in formation] The noble sonnet teer would trouble thee no more with Wycherley, Plain Dealer, i. 1. his madrigals. sonneteer, sonnet teer (son-e-ter'), v. i. [