Definition of Eye rhyme

1. Noun. An imperfect rhyme (e.g., 'love' and 'move').

Generic synonyms: Rhyme, Rime

Definition of Eye rhyme

1. Noun. Pairs of words (or syllables) that, because of their spelling, look as if they rhyme but, because of different pronunciation, do not ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eye Rhyme

eye injuries
eye lens
eye manifestations
eye mask
eye movements
eye muscle
eye of a needle
eye of the beholder
eye of the storm
eye ointment
eye opener
eye patch
eye pattern
eye protective devices
eye reflex
eye rhyme (current term)
eye rhymes
eye shadow
eye sight
eye socket
eye sockets
eye speculum
eye splice
eye splices
eye teeth
eye test
eye tests
eye tooth
eye up
eye witness

Literary usage of Eye rhyme

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. On Early English Pronunciation: With Special Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Francis James Child, Alexander Barclay, Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, Johan Winkler (1869)
"... 9, 6 [consonantal and eye rhyme] woont = wont hunt 5, 4, 29. [chance of spelling probably used to indicate correct pronunciation, compare] wount hunt 6, ..."

2. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakspere and by Alexander John Ellis (1871)
"away decay day Spau 1, 11, 30. to have been changed to make an eye-rhyme. ... and eye rhyme] dum = dumb ..."

3. On Early English Pronunciation, with Especial Reference to Shakespeare and by Alexander John Ellis, Francis James Child, William Salesbury, Johann Andreas Schmeller, Alexander Barclay, Johan Winkler (1871)
"away decay day Span 1, 11, 30. to have been changed to make an eye-rhyme. ... 9, 6 [consonantal and eye rhyme] woont = t«»i< hunt 5, 4, 29. ..."

4. The Foundations and Nature of Verse by Cary Franklin Jacob (1918)
"In eye rhyme the accented vowel in the rhyming words is not of exactly the same tone-color, — as blood and good. Although in Anglo-Saxon verse alliteration ..."

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