Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Riming words given out as the line-endings of a stanza, the other parts of the lines having to be supplied by the ingenuity of the person to whom the words are given.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.
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- noun dated
Words thatrhyme , proposed in aparlour game as the ends ofverses , to be filled out by theingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.
Etymologies
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French bout end + rimé rhymed.
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vendingmachine commented on the word bouts-rimés
n.pl. Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.
Huh??
July 21, 2015