Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A form of internal rhyme in which the word preceding the caesura rhymes with the final word in the line, as in.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Probably after Leo, or , Leonius, name of an unknown medieval poet.]
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