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leonine verse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
leonine -verse
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From leonine + verse.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Leonine verses (plural)

Synonyms

leonine

Questions

What does leonine verse mean?
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.
Where does leonine verse come from?
From leonine + verse.

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