bouts-rimés

[boo-ree-meyz, Fr. boo-ree-mey]

plural noun Prosody.

words or word endings forming a set of rhymes to be used in a given order in the writing of verses.

verses using such a set of rhymes.

Origin:
1705–15; < French, equivalent to bouts ends (see butt²) + rimés rhymed (see rhyme)

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Bouts-rimés is always a great word to know.

So is zedonk. Does it mean:

the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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