Definition of Rubaiyat

1. n. pl. Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes in pl. construed as sing., a poem in such stanzas.

Definition of Rubaiyat

1. four-lined stanzas in Persian poetry [n RUBAIYAT]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rubaiyat

rub off
rub off on
rub out
rub salt in someone's wounds
rub salt in the wound
rub somebody the wrong way
rub up
rub up on
rubaboo
rubaboos
rubace
rubaces
rubadub
rubai
rubaiyat (current term)
rubati
rubato
rubatos
rubbaboo
rubbaboos
rubbage
rubbages
rubbed
rubbed out
rubber
rubber-base paint
rubber-bulb syringe

Literary usage of Rubaiyat

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

1. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"rubaiyat OF FAITH After reading Omar Where the far east ribbons the new flung day, Where the warm west flecks it with gold, Where the cold north hides in ..."

2. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"EXTRACTS FROM THE rubaiyat OF OMAR CAYENNE WAKE! for the Hack can scatter into flight Shakespeare and Dante in a single Night!' The Penny-a-Liner is Abroad, ..."

3. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"EDWARD FITZGERALD FROM THE rubaiyat OF OMAR KHAYYAM vn Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of ..."

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