Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

historic rhyme

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: his-toric rhyme
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rhymes that were full rhymes in an older stage of the language, but have since become eye rhymes owing to sound changes. Historic rhymes are used by historical linguists to reconstruct the phonology of old languages.

Etymology

From historic + rhyme.

Inflected Forms

historic rhymes (plural)

Questions

What does historic rhyme mean?: Rhymes that were full rhymes in an older stage of the language, but have since become eye rhymes owing to sound changes. Historic rhymes are used by historical linguists to reconstruct the phonology of old languages.
Where does historic rhyme come from?: From historic + rhyme.

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