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bouts-rimés

/ˌbuː ɹiːˈmeɪ/

bouts-rimés noun: a game in which someone is given rhyming words as the ends of verses of a poem, which need to be filled out.

Noun

bouts-rimés pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, plural, plural-only) A game in which someone is given rhyming words as the ends of verses of a poem, which need to be filled out.

Origin of bouts-rimés

French bout (“end”) + rimé (“rhymed”).

Questions about bouts-rimés

What does bouts-rimés mean?
Bouts-rimés means a game in which someone is given rhyming words as the ends of verses of a poem, which need to be filled out.
What part of speech is bouts-rimés?
Bouts-rimés is a noun.
How do you pronounce bouts-rimés?
Bouts-rimés is pronounced /ˌbuː ɹiːˈmeɪ/.

Words near bouts-rimés in the dictionary

  1. boutonnières
  2. boutons
  3. Boutros
  4. Boutroses
  5. bouts
  6. bouts-rimés
  7. boutta
  8. Boutte
  9. Bouttes
  10. Boutwell
  11. Boutwells

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