"historic rhyme" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: historic rhymes [plural]
Etymology: From historic + rhyme. Etymology templates: {{com|en|historic|rhyme}} historic + rhyme Head templates: {{en-noun}} historic rhyme (plural historic rhymes)
  1. Rhymes that were full rhymes in an older stage of the language, but have since become eye rhymes owing to sound changes. Historic rhymes are used by historical linguists to reconstruct the phonology of old languages.
    Sense id: en-historic_rhyme-en-noun-7a3Dxa7C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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