masculine rhyme
noun Prosody.
a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
Origin of masculine rhyme
First recorded in 1575–85
Words nearby masculine rhyme
mascouche,
masculine,
masculine caesura,
masculine ending,
masculine pelvis,
masculine rhyme,
masculine uterus,
masculinist,
masculinity,
masculinize,
masculinovoblastoma
British Dictionary definitions for masculine rhyme
masculine rhyme
noun
prosody
a rhyme between stressed monosyllables or between the final stressed syllables of polysyllabic words
book, cook; collect, direct Compare feminine rhyme