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quasi-rhyme

quasi-rhyme noun: somewhat of a rhyme.

Noun

quasi-rhyme (usually uncountable, plural quasi-rhymes)

  1. (uncommon, usually) Somewhat of a rhyme.
    • An oldish parishioner of my own gave me many years ago the quasi rhyme, or its rags and tatters.1904, W. K. Morton (publisher), Lincolnshire Notes and Queries - Volume 7, page 213
    • A similar pattern, mingling elements of alliteration, assonance, quasi-rhyme, and meaningful allusion ingeniously is seen in the following example.1967, Roman Jakobson (contributor), To Honor Roman Jakobson - Essays on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday, 11 October 1966 · Issue 31, page 683

Examples of quasi-rhyme in a sentence

  • Perhaps this quasi-rhyme royal stanza right at the end of a quasi-ballade is a nose-thumbing gesture at Chaucher's French contemporaries and the oppressive formal convention they represent;2006, Seth Lerer, The Yale Companion to Chaucer, page 202:
  • Hall referred to these as false rhymes, but I prefer the label quasi-rhymes.2024, Paul R. Nail, Ph.D., A Psychological Biography of Hiram "Hank" Williams - Much More to His Story, Volume II, page 481:

Forms of quasi-rhyme

pluralquasi-rhymes
alternative formquasirhyme

Origin of quasi-rhyme

From quasi- + rhyme.

Questions about quasi-rhyme

What does quasi-rhyme mean?
Quasi-rhyme means somewhat of a rhyme.
How do you use quasi-rhyme in a sentence?
Perhaps this quasi-rhyme royal stanza right at the end of a quasi-ballade is a nose-thumbing gesture at Chaucher's French contemporaries and the oppressive formal convention they represent;
What part of speech is quasi-rhyme?
Quasi-rhyme is a noun.
What is the plural of quasi-rhyme?
The plural of quasi-rhyme is quasi-rhymes.

Words near quasi-rhyme in the dictionary

  1. quasi-realism
  2. quasi-rent
  3. quasi-rents
  4. quasi-reorganization
  5. quasi-reorganizations
  6. quasi-rhyme
  7. quasi-rhymes
  8. quasi-sacred
  9. quasi-satellite
  10. quasi-satellites
  11. quasi-science

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