Leonine verse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme); also, the form of such verse.

Word forms

Leonine verse Leonine verses

Etymology

From leonine + verse.

Synonyms

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