Leonine verse

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Leonine verse

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From leonine + verse.

noun Leonine verses

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: leonine

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@misc{leonine_verse_2026,
  title = {Leonine verse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/leonine%20verse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}