Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A rhyme in which only the last syllable agrees, as in "laid", "afraid", "dismayed".

Forms

plural: male rhymes
Singularmale rhyme
Pluralmale rhymes

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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