bouts-rimés
Americanplural noun
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words or word endings forming a set of rhymes to be used in a given order in the writing of verses.
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verses using such a set of rhymes.
Etymology
Origin of bouts-rimés
1705–15; < French, equivalent to bouts ends ( see butt 2) + rimés rhymed ( see rhyme)
Example Sentences
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The first four were written to bouts-rimés: not the fifth, “The Fire Smouldering,” which is, I think, as old as 1848, or even 1847.
From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The bouts-rimés were the favourites of the French nation for a whole age together, and that at a time when it abounded in wit and learning.
From Essays and Tales by Henry Morley
This sonnet was one of my bouts-rimés performances.
From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
No. 4, “Sheer Waste,” was not a bouts-rimés performance.
From The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
In the theatre, as in storytelling, he was not unready to work to bouts-rimés.
From Oscar Wilde A Critical Study by Arthur Ransome
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