Definitions
Correspondence of sounds, especially at the ends of words or lines.
Word origin
From Middle English rimen, rymen, rim, rime (“to recite or write verse; to sing songs; to tell a story in verse; to fit into verse; (figurative) to agree, make sense”), from Anglo-Norman rimer, Middle French rimer, and Old French rimer (“to rhyme (a word) with another word; to write verse”) (modern French rimer), Old French rime, ryme (noun): see etymology 1.
Used in a sentence
“Many editors say they don’t want stories written in rhyme these days.”
“Libels are caſt againſt thee in the ſtreete, / Ballads and rimes made of thy ouerthrovv.”
“Thou, thou, Lyſander, thou haſt giuen her rimes, / And interchang'd loue tokens vvith my childe: […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Matching sound”5 letters
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