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masculine rhyme
noun
, Prosody.
- a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
masculine rhyme
noun
- See feminine rhymeprosody a rhyme between stressed monosyllables or between the final stressed syllables of polysyllabic words Compare feminine rhyme
collect, direct
book, cook
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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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