rime riche

noun

rēmˈrēsh

plural rimes riches

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: a rhyme produced by agreement in sound not only of the last accented vowel and any succeeding sounds but also of the consonant preceding this rhyming vowel

in English, church spire and aspire would be rimes riches

called also identical rhyme

—distinguished from rime suffisante

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, rich rhyme

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