A poem or stanza consisting of ten lines, especially in French verse.
From Old French dixain, derived from dix meaning 'ten,' ultimately from Latin decem. The term emerged in medieval French poetry to describe a specific formal structure.
Dixain comes from the same Latin root as 'decimal' and 'decade'—once you know 'dix' means ten, you can spot it hiding in lots of English words about groups of ten things!
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