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triple rhyme

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feminine rhyme

–noun Prosody.
a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme), as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme), as in fortunate, importunate.
Also called female rhyme.


Origin:
1865–70
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triple rhyme  
n.  A rhyme involving three syllables, as in vanity/humanity.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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