‖ tenson
(ˈtɛnsən, tɑ̃sɔ̃)
Also 9 tenzon.
[F. tenson = Pr. tenso, a poetical contest; in OF. contention, contest: see tencion.]
A contest in verse between rival troubadours; a piece of verse or song composed for or sung in such a contest.
| 1840 Browning Sordello ii. 686 While, out of dream, his day's work went To tune a crazy tenzon or sirvent. 1883 A. H. Wodehouse in Grove Dict. Mus. III. 585/1 The tensons, or contentions, were metrical dialogues of lively repartee on some disputed point of gallantry. 1895 H. Gaelyn To Elise, Would I could write for my Elise Trim triolets and tensons tender! |