canzonet means A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Why this word is great
CANZONET — [Noun] A short song, especially one that is light and breezy. From the Italian canzonetta, diminutive of canzone ("song"), from the Latin cantiō ("song, singing"). Unlike an aria, a formal operatic soliloquy built for dramatic showcase, or a madrigal, a complex weave of contrapuntal voices for intellectual delight, the canzonet is a creature of sunlit simplicity. It is the tune hummed while walking a sun-dappled lane, the clear melody from an open casement carried on an evening breeze, or the jaunty refrain half-remembered from a dream—a minor, perfect music that asks for no grand emotion, merely the brief, sweet pleasure of a moment given sound before it fades.
noun
- A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.“Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sence […].”