rhyme royal

rhyme roy·al

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Definitions of rhyme royal words

noun rhyme royal a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh. 1
noun rhyme royal a stanzaic form introduced into English verse by Chaucer, consisting of seven lines of iambic pentameter rhyming a b a b b c c 0
noun rhyme royal a stanza of seven lines in iambic pentameter rhyming ababbcc, first used in English by Chaucer 0

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

First recorded in 1835-45

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