Rhyme

  • 21rhyme — I. noun also rime Etymology: Middle English rime, from Anglo French Date: 13th century 1. a. (1) rhyming verse (2) poetry b. a composition in verse that rhymes 2. a. correspondence in terminal …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22rhyme — be·rhyme; mono·rhyme; rhyme·less; rhyme; rhyme·ster; …

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  • 23rhyme — [12] Etymologically, rhyme and rhythm are the same word. Both go back to medieval Latin rythmus ‘rhythm’, but whereas rhythm has reached us almost unchanged, rhyme has come via a branch line. The sort of accented verse to which the medieval Latin …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24rhyme — [12] Etymologically, rhyme and rhythm are the same word. Both go back to medieval Latin rythmus ‘rhythm’, but whereas rhythm has reached us almost unchanged, rhyme has come via a branch line. The sort of accented verse to which the medieval Latin …

    Word origins

  • 25rhyme — 1. noun /raɪm/ a) Verse, poetry. nursery rhyme b) The fact of rhyming. Many editors say they dont want stories written in rhyme. 2. verb /raɪm/ a) Of a word, to be pronounced identic …

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  • 26rhyme — noun 1》 correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when used in poetry.     ↘a word with the same sound as another. 2》 a short poem with rhyming lines.     ↘rhyming poetry or verse. verb 1》 (of a word, syllable, or… …

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  • 27Rhyme — This unusual and interesting name is of early Medieval English origin, and is an occupational surname used of a poet, minstrel, or balladeer. The name derives from the Middle English word rime(n) , meaning to compose or recite verses, from the… …

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  • 28rhyme — [raɪm] noun I 1) [C] a short poem, often for children, that has lines ending in the same sound 2) [C] a word that ends with the same sound as another word 3) [U] the use of words that are rhymes, especially in poetry II verb [I] rhyme [raɪm] if… …

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  • 29rhyme — noun an amusing rhyme by Ogden Nash Syn: poem, piece of poetry, verse; (rhymes) poetry, doggerel …

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  • 30rhyme — n 1. verse, poetry, limerick, jingle, versification, Archaic. poesy. 2. rhyme or reason logic, sense, plan; motive, motivation, casue …

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