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monorhymes

monorhymes is the plural of monorhyme.

Meaning of monorhyme

Noun

monorhyme (plural monorhymes)

  1. A poem or rhyme scheme whose lines all end with the same rhyme.
    • Until 1629 no other rhyme scheme approaches the importance of monorhyme; in 1655–1729 alternating rhyme numbers over half of the total output, and for two of the next three generations it drops down to about a third.2013, David Malkiel, Stones Speak - Hebrew Tombstones from Padua, 1529-1862, page 36

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Questions about monorhymes

What is monorhymes the plural of?
Monorhymes is the plural of monorhyme.

Words near monorhymes in the dictionary

  1. monorhines
  2. monorhinic
  3. monorhinous
  4. monorhyme
  5. monorhymed
  6. monorhymes
  7. monorhyming
  8. monorhythmic
  9. monorhythmical
  10. monorhythmically
  11. monoribonucleotide

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