misrhyme

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/ˈmɪsɹaɪm//mɪsˈɹaɪm/

noun

A false rhyme.

OriginEnglish rhyme ← Middle English mys- ← Old English mis- →
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Meanings

nounmisrhyme (plural misrhymes)

plural misrhymes

  1. A false rhyme.

    In this poem his 'vernacular' bluster and garish misrhymes build to a pitch of rowdy anarchy; 'lanes' rhymes with 'sardines', 'bucket' with 'like it', 'toad-like' with 'hard luck' and 'blarney' with 'money' […]

    2014, James Booth, Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love, page 190
verbmisrhyme (third-person singular simple present misrhymes, present participle misrhyming, simple past and past participle misrhymed)

present singular third person misrhymes · participle present misrhyming · participle past misrhymed · past misrhymed

  1. To rhyme incorrectly.

    It is an open question whether or not Blake misrhymed deliberately.

    1965, Alicia Ostriker, Vision and Verse in William Blake

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
  3. Proto-Germanic*missaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*missa-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*missa-
  6. Old Englishmis-
  7. Middle Englishmys-
  8. Englishmis-
  9. Englishrhyme
  10. Englishmisrhyme

From mis- + rhyme.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

shimmery
Cite this entry
APA

misrhyme. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misrhyme

MLA

“misrhyme.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misrhyme. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misrhyme,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misrhyme.

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