interrhyme
interrhyme verb: to rhyme with each other.
Verb
interrhyme (third-person singular simple present interrhymes, present participle interrhyming, simple past and past participle interrhymed)
- To rhyme with each other.
- To take a hypothetical example, suppose that words A, B, and C are assumed to interrhyme freely, and that, in a large corpus, B is used as a rhyme word twice as often as C. If the words actually interrhyme freely, then we would expect A to rhyme with B about twice as often as it rhymes with C.1986, John F. McCoy, Timothy Light, Contributions to Sino-Tibetan Studies, page 270
- Synonyms:
- rhyme
Synonyms of interrhyme
Forms of interrhyme
| third-person singular present | interrhymes |
|---|---|
| present participle | interrhyming |
| past participle | interrhymed |
| past | interrhymed |
Origin of interrhyme
From inter- + rhyme.
Questions about interrhyme
- What does interrhyme mean?
- Interrhyme means to rhyme with each other.
- What part of speech is interrhyme?
- Interrhyme is a verb.
- What is the past tense of interrhyme?
- The past tense of interrhyme is interrhymed.
Words near interrhyme in the dictionary
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