Leonine verse

English

Etymology

From leonine +‎ verse.

Noun

Leonine verse (countable and uncountable, plural Leonine verses)

  1. (poetry) A kind of medieval Latin verse, generally alternative hexameter and pentameter, with rhyming at the middle and end of a line (that is, internal rhyme); also, the form of such verse.
    Synonym: leonine

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