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