cynghaneddn.
/kʌŋˈhanɛð/, U.S. /kəŋˈhɑˌnɛð/, Welsh English /kəŋˈhanɛð/ Prosody.
An intricate system of alliteration and rhyme in Welsh poetry.
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1849 T. Stephens Lit. of Kymry iv. 490 The rhythmical consonancy, termed Cynghanedd, was introduced at that time [sc. late 14th century], and has ever since formed an essential feature in Kymric poetry.
1878 G. M. Hopkins Let. 5 Oct. (1935) 15 Certain chimes suggested by the Welsh poetry I had been reading (what they call cynghanedd).]
1886 G. M. Hopkins Let. 6 Oct. (1938) 222 His employment of the Welsh cynghanedd or chime I do not look on as quite successful.
1962 Times 31 Jan. (Surv. Wales) p. x/5 Cynghanedd, that complicated system of consonantal correspondencies and internal rhyme.
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