rim ram ruffphr.n.

Brit.

/ˌrɪm ram ˈrʌf/, U.S.

/ˌrɪm ræm ˈrəf/

Forms: late Middle English rom ram ruf, late Middle English–1500s 1900s– rum ram ruf, 1500s rim ram ruffe, 1500s rym ram ruff, 1800s– rim ram ruff, 1900s– rim ram ruf.

Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Probably imitative of the effect of alliterative verse (compare raff n.¹, and see quot. c1410 at that entry). Perhaps compare French regional (Walloon) rim ni ram rhyme nor reason, rim-ram protocol, formalities.Although later use explicitly echoes Chaucer (see quot. c1405 at sense A.), none of the medieval manuscripts of Chaucer in fact have rym or rim as the first element. 16th-cent. printings of Chaucer's works read ‘rum, ram, ruf’ (1532–98).

†A. phr.

Used by Chaucer to evoke the effect of medieval alliterative verse. Cf. raff n.¹ Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 43 I kan nat geste, rom, ram, ruf, by lettre, Ne god woot rym holde I but litel bettre.

B. n.

Alliterative verse of this kind, esp. considered as unsophisticated; (hence) crude or clumsy poetry. Also: the effect of this kind of poetry. Also attributive in rim ram ruff romance, rim ram ruff poet, etc.Chiefly with reference to quot. c1405 at sense A.

ΚΠ

1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. Tij It is not inough to roll in pleasant woordes, nor yet to thunder in Rym, Ram, Ruff, by letter (quoth my master Chaucer).

1595 G. Peele Old Wiues Tale E j b It may be this rim ram ruffe is too rude an incounter.

1870 Edinb. Rev. July 3 They are in form little better than the extravagant ‘rim ram ruff’ romances which Chaucer satirises in the prologue to the ‘Parson's Tale’.

1910 F. B. Gummere Oldest Eng. Epic i. 20 Englishmen of that day had ears to hear ‘rum-ram-ruf’ in no mocking spirit, as well as to greet the harmonious flow of Chaucer's pentameter.

1957 N. Frye Sound & Poetry Introd. p. xix As the secret of his [sc. Chaucer's] metre was lost he began to sound more like the accentual rim-ram-ruf poets he ridiculed.

1983 ELH 50 511 The ‘rim-ram-ruff’ of early Tudor alliteration is for the most part not onomatopoeic or even expressive, but rather testimony to its continuing function as an organizer and tightener of the line.

2002 P. Mariani God & Imagination ii. 132 In observing this tension between the smoothness of Swinburne and the rim ram ruff of the local shepherds..he [sc. Hardy] did for the language of Victorian and Georgian England what Larkin would do for post-World War II England.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rim ram ruff
释义	rim ram ruffphr.n. Brit. /ˌrɪm ram ˈrʌf/, U.S. /ˌrɪm ræm ˈrəf/ Forms: late Middle English rom ram ruf, late Middle English–1500s 1900s– rum ram ruf, 1500s rim ram ruffe, 1500s rym ram ruff, 1800s– rim ram ruff, 1900s– rim ram ruf. Origin: Probably an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Probably imitative of the effect of alliterative verse (compare raff n.¹, and see quot. c1410 at that entry). Perhaps compare French regional (Walloon) rim ni ram rhyme nor reason, rim-ram protocol, formalities.Although later use explicitly echoes Chaucer (see quot. c1405 at sense A.), none of the medieval manuscripts of Chaucer in fact have rym or rim as the first element. 16th-cent. printings of Chaucer's works read ‘rum, ram, ruf’ (1532–98). †A. phr. Used by Chaucer to evoke the effect of medieval alliterative verse. Cf. raff n.¹ Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Parson's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) Prol. l. 43 I kan nat geste, rom, ram, ruf, by lettre, Ne god woot rym holde I but litel bettre. B. n. Alliterative verse of this kind, esp. considered as unsophisticated; (hence) crude or clumsy poetry. Also: the effect of this kind of poetry. Also attributive in rim ram ruff romance, rim ram ruff poet, etc.Chiefly with reference to quot. c1405 at sense A. ΚΠ 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. Tij It is not inough to roll in pleasant woordes, nor yet to thunder in Rym, Ram, Ruff, by letter (quoth my master Chaucer). 1595 G. Peele Old Wiues Tale E j b It may be this rim ram ruffe is too rude an incounter. 1870 Edinb. Rev. July 3 They are in form little better than the extravagant ‘rim ram ruff’ romances which Chaucer satirises in the prologue to the ‘Parson's Tale’. 1910 F. B. Gummere Oldest Eng. Epic i. 20 Englishmen of that day had ears to hear ‘rum-ram-ruf’ in no mocking spirit, as well as to greet the harmonious flow of Chaucer's pentameter. 1957 N. Frye Sound & Poetry Introd. p. xix As the secret of his [sc. Chaucer's] metre was lost he began to sound more like the accentual rim-ram-ruf poets he ridiculed. 1983 ELH 50 511 The ‘rim-ram-ruff’ of early Tudor alliteration is for the most part not onomatopoeic or even expressive, but rather testimony to its continuing function as an organizer and tightener of the line. 2002 P. Mariani God & Imagination ii. 132 In observing this tension between the smoothness of Swinburne and the rim ram ruff of the local shepherds..he [sc. Hardy] did for the language of Victorian and Georgian England what Larkin would do for post-World War II England. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < phr.n.c1405
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