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Definition: Unrhymed |
UnrhymedAdjective1. Not having rhyme; "writing unrhymed blank verse is like playing tennis without a net". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: UnrhymedSynonyms: rhymeless (adj), rimeless (adj), unrimed (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: rhymed (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Prose | Rhymeless, unrhymed, in prose, not in verse. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unrhymed |
| English words defined with "unrhymed": blank verse ♦ Dickinson ♦ Emily Dickinson ♦ free verse ♦ rhymeless, rimeless ♦ unrimed ♦ vers libre. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "unrhymed": BLANK. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BLANK-:VERSE:, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters -- the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Unrhymed" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unrhymed" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "unrhymed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неримуван. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | reimlos (non-rhyming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ymedunrhay kafiyesiz (rhymeless). (various references) không được đặt thà nh th không được là m cho ăn vần. (various references) di-odl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-m-n-r-u-y" | |
-2 letters: hymned, rheumy, rhymed. | |
-3 letters: demur, henry, hymen, mured, nerdy, nuder, rheum, rhyme, rumen, under. | |
-4 letters: demy, deny, derm, drum, dune, dure, durn, dyer, dyne, emyd, herd, herm, hern, hued, hymn, mend, menu, mure, nerd, neum, nude, nurd, rend, rude, rued, rune, rynd, unde, undy. | |
-5 letters: den, dey, dry, due, duh, dun, dye, edh, emu. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 72 68 79 6D 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. .-. .... -.--. -- . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110010 01101000 01111001 01101101 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n r h y m e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0072 0068 0079 006D 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580847491797170 |
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