masculine rhyme

noun

, Prosody.

1. a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.

masculine rhyme

noun

1. prosody a rhyme between stressed monosyllables or between the final stressed syllables of polysyllabic words Compare feminine rhyme

   collect, direct

   book, cook

Word History and Origins

Origin of masculine rhyme¹

First recorded in 1575–85

Example Sentences

The end of the line may, in any order, have either a masculine rhyme, as in ll.

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