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单词 feminine rhyme
释义

feminine rhyme


noun Prosody.

a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme ), as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme ), as in fortunate, importunate.
Also called female rhyme.

Origin of feminine rhyme

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby feminine rhyme

feminacy, femineity, feminine, feminine caesura, feminine ending, feminine rhyme, femininity, femininity complex, feminism, feminist, feminization
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British Dictionary definitions for feminine rhyme

feminine rhyme

noun

prosody a rhyme between words in which one, two, or more unstressed syllables follow a stressed one, as in elation, nation or merrily, verilyCompare masculine rhyme
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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