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rhymical

rhymical adjective: of or pertaining to rhyme.

Adjective

rhymical (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to rhyme.
    • […]for say what you will about accent being the only element of English verse, any one with a sensitive ear must be conscious that the harmony of a line depends upon some other rhymical element than mere accent.1900, Hermann Sudermann, Poet lore: Volume 12
    • And in that indulgent epoch it was no uncommon thing to find rhymical twins made of "chime" and "shine", while "roof" and "cough" and "enough" strayed hand in hand through many a flowery page of the old pastorals, and no critic was ever intrepid enough to dare protest against the strange...1913, James Whitcomb Riley, Edmund Henry Eitel, The complete works of James Whitcomb Riley

Origin of rhymical

From rhyme + -ical.

Questions about rhymical

What does rhymical mean?
Rhymical means of or pertaining to rhyme.
What part of speech is rhymical?
Rhymical is an adjective.

Words near rhymical in the dictionary

  1. rhymesters
  2. rhymeth
  3. rhymewise
  4. rhymey
  5. rhymic
  6. rhymical
  7. rhymier
  8. rhymiest
  9. rhyming
  10. rhyming couplet
  11. rhyming couplets

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