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masculine rhyme

noun

, Prosody.
  1. a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.


masculine rhyme

noun

  1. prosody a rhyme between stressed monosyllables or between the final stressed syllables of polysyllabic words Compare feminine rhyme

    collect, direct

    book, cook

“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of masculine rhyme1

First recorded in 1575–85
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Example Sentences

The end of the line may, in any order, have either a masculine rhyme, as in ll.

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