单词 | rhyming dictionary |
释义 | > as lemmasrhyming dictionary rhyming dictionary n. a dictionary in which the words are arranged in groups according to the correspondence of their terminal sounds. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > lexicography > [noun] > dictionary > specific types of dictionary interpreter1607 etymologicon1616 rhyming dictionary1775 idioticon1834 reverse dictionary1838 translator1850 collegiate dictionary1872 collegiate1898 1775 J. Walker Dict. Eng. Lang. p. v A rhyming dictionary in a living language, for the purposes of poetry, seems no very unnatural or useless production. 1806 J. Walker (title) A rhyming dictionary: answering, at the same time, the purposes of spelling and pronouncing the English language. a1846 B. R. Haydon Autobiogr. (1927) i. 4 I remember him with his rhyming dictionary, composing his verses and scanning with his fingers. 1852 (title) Rhyming dictionary for the use of young poets. 1964 ‘E. McBain’ Ax x. 191 I'd like to buy a rhyming dictionary... I promised somebody I'd find a rhyme. 1989 M. Richler Solomon Gursky was Here (1990) I. iii. 23 Can the poet tell me..whether or not he uses a rhyming dictionary? < as lemmas |
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