SPENSERIAN
\spɛnsˈi͡əɹɪən], \spɛnsˈiəɹɪən], \s_p_ɛ_n_s_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_n]\
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Of or pertaining to the English poet Spenser; -- specifically applied to the stanza used in his poem "The Faerie Queene."
By Oddity Software
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spen-s[=e]'ri-an, adj. pertaining to Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) or his versification, esp. his stanza in The Faerie Queene, a strophe of eight decasyllabic lines and an Alexandrine, having three rhymes, the 1st and 3d, the 2d, 4th, 5th, and 7th, and the 6th, 8th, and 9th.
By Thomas Davidson