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historic rhyme

historic rhyme noun: rhymes that were full rhymes in an older stage of the language, but have since become eye rhymes owing to sound changes. Historic rhymes are used by historical linguists to reconstruct the phonology of old languages.

Noun

historic rhyme (plural historic rhymes)

  1. Rhymes that were full rhymes in an older stage of the language, but have since become eye rhymes owing to sound changes. Historic rhymes are used by historical linguists to reconstruct the phonology of old languages.

Forms of historic rhyme

pluralhistoric rhymes

Origin of historic rhyme

From historic + rhyme.

Questions about historic rhyme

What does historic rhyme mean?
Historic rhyme means rhymes that were full rhymes in an older stage of the language, but have since become eye rhymes owing to sound changes. Historic rhymes are used by historical linguists to reconstruct the phonology of old languages.
What part of speech is historic rhyme?
Historic rhyme is a noun.
What is the plural of historic rhyme?
The plural of historic rhyme is historic rhymes.

Words near historic rhyme in the dictionary

  1. historic criticism
  2. historic district
  3. historic districts
  4. historic present
  5. historic presents
  6. historic rhyme
  7. historic rhymes
  8. historic site
  9. historic sites
  10. historical
  11. historical cost

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