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canzon

canzon noun: a song.

Noun

canzon (plural canzons)

  1. (obsolete) A song.
    • Truſt me Swayne (quoth Rosader) but my Canzon was written in no ſuch humour: […]1590, T[homas] L[odge], Rosalynde. Euphues Golden Legacie: […], London: […] Thomas Orwin for T. G. and John Busbie
    • Cannot the body weepe without the eies? / Yes and frame deepeſt canzons of lament, / Cannot the body feare, without it lies / Vpon the outward ſhew of diſcontent: […]1597, Thomas Middleton, The Wisdome of Solomon Paraphrased, London: […] Valentine Sems, […]

Forms of canzon

pluralcanzons

Origin of canzon

From Italian canzone, from Latin cantiō, cantiōnem. Doublet of cantion, canzone, and chanson.

Questions about canzon

What does canzon mean?
Canzon means a song.
What part of speech is canzon?
Canzon is a noun.
What is the plural of canzon?
The plural of canzon is canzons.

Words near canzon in the dictionary

  1. canyons
  2. canyonside
  3. canyonsides
  4. Canyonville
  5. Canyopay
  6. canzon
  7. canzona
  8. canzonas
  9. canzone
  10. Canzoneri
  11. Canzoneris

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