feminine rhyme

noun

Prosody.

1. a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed double rhyme, as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed triple rhyme, as in fortunate, importunate.

feminine rhyme

noun

1. prosody a rhyme between words in which one, two, or more unstressed syllables follow a stressed one, as in elation, nation or merrily, verily Compare masculine rhyme

Word History and Origins

Origin of feminine rhyme¹

First recorded in 1865–70