English Explanatory Dictionary

rhyme royal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of English verse consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of ababbcc, first represented in English in works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400).
  2. A single stanza of this form.

Word forms

rhyme royal rhymes royal rime royal

Etymology

This term was reportedly first used in the mid-1800s.

Synonyms

ballade royal rhythm royal
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