Leonine verses

A form of Leonine verse — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Leonine verse
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