female rhymes Meaning, Definition & Usage
Female rhymes
Definitions
(Pros.) ,double rhymes, or rhymes (called in French feminine rhymes because they end in e weak, or feminine) in which two syllables, an accented and an unaccented one, correspond at the end of each line. ✍ A rhyme, in which the final syllables only agree (strain, complain) is called a male rhyme; one in which the two final syllables of each verse agree, the last being short (motion, ocean), is called female. Brande & C. --Female screw , the spiral-threaded cavity into which another, or male, screw turns.