bouts-rimés

[ boo-ree-meyz, French boo-ree-mey ]

/ ˌbu riˈmeɪz, French bu riˈmeɪ /

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plural noun Prosody.

words or word endings forming a set of rhymes to be used in a given order in the writing of verses.

verses using such a set of rhymes.

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IS and ARE are both forms of which verb?

Origin of bouts-rimés

1705–15; <French, equivalent to bouts ends (see butt²) + rimés rhymed (see rhyme)

Her bouts with cancer—all three of them—were inspiring, heartbreaking, and, most of all, real.
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The first shot of his face is sort-of a peek-a-boo in between bouts of administering some, um, oral pleasure.
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In 1987, after two previous bouts of cancer, she was diagnosed with the disease again while 26 weeks pregnant.
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Lost in the two opposing framings of Funke are the reports that her family stated that she suffered from bouts of depression.
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Either one describes the bouts of anxiety single guys in their thirties feel about their marital status.
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She would not join the groups in their sports and bouts, but intoxicated with her newly conquered power, she swam out alone.
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It seems necessary to repeat this line in order to start the series of rimes.
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This portion abounds with non-Chaucerian rimes, as explained in the Introduction, and is not by any means remarkable for accuracy.
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Believe me when I tell you that I never join Morley in any of his sinful doings, especially his drinking bouts.
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I supply a line which, at any rate, rimes; went his wyle means 'turns aside his wiliness.'
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