cinquain

noun
/sɪŋ.keɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French cinquain.

  1. borrowed from cinquain

Definitions

  1. A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables.

  2. A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun,…

    A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feeling words, and the initial noun again.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cinquain. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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