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English
Etymology
From mono- + rhyme.
Noun
monorhyme (plural monorhymes)
- (poetry) A poem or rhyme scheme whose lines all end with the same rhyme.
2013, David Malkiel, Stones Speak - Hebrew Tombstones from Padua, 1529-1862, page 36:Until 1629 no other rhyme scheme approaches the importance of monorhyme; in 1655–1729 alternating rhyme numbers over half of the total output, and for two of the next three generations it drops down to about a third.
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Adjective
monorhyme (not comparable)
- Having a single rhyme
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