off-rhymen.
/ˈɒfrʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌraɪm/, /ˈɑfˌraɪm/ A partial or near rhyme.
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alternity1792
skothending1838
assonance1917
pararhyme1931
off-rhyme1938
slant-rhyme1944
1938 L. MacNeice Mod. Poetry vii. 131 One can use internal rhymes, off-rhymes, bad rhymes, ‘pararhymes’.
1944 L. MacNeice Christopher Columbus 8 Your significant variations of rhythm, your internal rhymes, your off-rhymes and assonances and technical surprises, will get in the composer's way.
1956 E. Wilson Piece of my Mind (1957) vii. 124 Many kinds of liberties are countenanced—in the way of off-rhymes and irregular rhythms—in the writing of modern poetry.
1991 New Yorker 28 Oct. 117/2 Even those off-rhymes sanctioned by long tradition (e.g., prove / love) irked him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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