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 Sereme’nes (4 syl.).Sere’ne (2 syl.). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Serena’de (3 syl.).
 
Music performed in the serene—i.e. in the open air at eventide (Latin, sere’num, whence the French sérénade and Italian serenata).   1
       
“Or serenate which the starved lover sings
To his proud fair.”
       
Milton: Paradise Lost, iii. 769.
 


 Sereme’nes (4 syl.).Sere’ne (2 syl.). 

 
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