Etymology

bouts-rimés

Today it means: A game in which someone is given rhyming words as the ends of verses of a poem, which need to be filled out. Full definition →

French bout
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  1. French · derived frombout“end”
  2. English todaybouts-rimés

French bout (“end”) + rimé (“rhymed”).

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