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Meaning of rime royal

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rime

Pronunciation:/ɹaɪm/

noun

Definitions

  1. Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.

    Synonyms:frosthoarfrost
  2. A coating or sheet of ice so formed.

  3. A film or slimy coating.

verb

Definitions

  1. To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

rime

Pronunciation:/ɹaɪm/

verb

Definitions

  1. To compose or treat in verse; versify.

  2. (followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

    Example: "Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station".

  3. Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

    Example: "India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents.

  4. To number; count; reckon.

noun

Definitions

  1. Number.

  2. Rhyme.

    Example: Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century.

  3. The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.