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Not quite rhyming
Answer for the clue "Not quite rhyming ", 8 letters:
assonant
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Word definitions for assonant in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Assonant \As"so*nant\, a. [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound, sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See Sound .] Having a resemblance of sounds. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Characterized by assonance; having successive similar vowel sounds.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'" having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words ...
Usage examples of assonant.
In one sense, all national poetry is original, even though it be shackled by rules of traditional prosody, and has adopted the system of rhyme devised by writers in another language, whose words seem naturally to bourgeon into assonant terminations.