rat-rhymen.

Brit.

/ˈratrʌɪm/, U.S.

/ˈrætˌraɪm/, Scottish English

/ˈratrʌim/

Forms:

α. Scottish pre-1700 raterryme, pre-1700 rat-rime, pre-1700 rat-ryme, pre-1700 ratt-rime, pre-1700 1900s– ratt-rime, 1700s rat-rhime, 1700s rat-rythm, 1800s rat-rhyme, 1800s ratt-rime, 1800s rattrum; English regional (Northumberland) 1800s– rat-raim, 1800s– rat-rhyme.

β. Scottish pre-1700 1800s rot-rime, 1700s rot-rhime, 1800s rott-rime.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rote n.¹, rhyme n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps (although the β. forms are first attested later than the α. forms) < an unattested variant (with short vowel) of rote n.¹ + rhyme n.; with the α. forms compare e.g. rat n.⁵ Compare earlier rat-rane n. and later rat n.⁶In form rat-rythm apparently altered after rhythm n.

Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare.

A string of meaningless words; a piece of doggerel verse; a rigmarole.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun]

raffc1330

rat-rhyme1553

riff-raff1617

doggerel1653

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > prolix passage > rigmarole

Ragman?1507

rat-rane1513

rat-rhyme1553

reavel-ravel1568

paternoster1651

kyrielle1653

rat1671

rigmarolec1736

nominy?1746

Megillah1911

α.

1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados viii. Prol. 147 The royetest ane ragment with mony ratt rime.

a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 146 Thy roustie ratrimes, made but mater.

1636 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 404 What will a rat-ryme of words work upon an hard unrenewed heart?

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 58 If I haue time And genius for a daft ratryme.

1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. 100 With a lang Rat-rhime of Cant.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 195 ‘I cannot use a prayer like a rat-rhyme,’ answered the honest clergyman.

1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Rat-rhyme, rat-raim, a monotonous doggerel rhyme.

1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle Ded. p. v Ratt-rime and ragments o' quenry.

β. 1653 Ld. Wariston & J. Guthrie Causes of Lords Wrath against Scotl. 30 Answering a Question or two of the Catechisme by rot-rime [1791 rot-rhime] (as we say) when nothing of the meaning is understood, is by many taken for knowledge sufficient.1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 145 Rot-rime, a piece of literature of little meaning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rat-rhyme
释义	rat-rhymen. Brit. /ˈratrʌɪm/, U.S. /ˈrætˌraɪm/, Scottish English /ˈratrʌim/ Forms: α. Scottish pre-1700 raterryme, pre-1700 rat-rime, pre-1700 rat-ryme, pre-1700 ratt-rime, pre-1700 1900s– ratt-rime, 1700s rat-rhime, 1700s rat-rythm, 1800s rat-rhyme, 1800s ratt-rime, 1800s rattrum; English regional (Northumberland) 1800s– rat-raim, 1800s– rat-rhyme. β. Scottish pre-1700 1800s rot-rime, 1700s rot-rhime, 1800s rott-rime. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rote n.¹, rhyme n. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps (although the β. forms are first attested later than the α. forms) < an unattested variant (with short vowel) of rote n.¹ + rhyme n.; with the α. forms compare e.g. rat n.⁵ Compare earlier rat-rane n. and later rat n.⁶In form rat-rythm apparently altered after rhythm n. Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. A string of meaningless words; a piece of doggerel verse; a rigmarole. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > bad poem or doggerel poem > [noun] raffc1330 rat-rhyme1553 riff-raff1617 doggerel1653 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [noun] > prolixity > prolix passage > rigmarole Ragman?1507 rat-rane1513 rat-rhyme1553 reavel-ravel1568 paternoster1651 kyrielle1653 rat1671 rigmarolec1736 nominy?1746 Megillah1911 α. 1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados viii. Prol. 147 The royetest ane ragment with mony ratt rime. a1585 Ld. Polwart Flyting with Montgomerie 146 Thy roustie ratrimes, made but mater. 1636 J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 404 What will a rat-ryme of words work upon an hard unrenewed heart? a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 58 If I haue time And genius for a daft ratryme. 1728 A. Ramsay Last Speech Miser in Poems II. 100 With a lang Rat-rhime of Cant. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 195 ‘I cannot use a prayer like a rat-rhyme,’ answered the honest clergyman. 1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Rat-rhyme, rat-raim, a monotonous doggerel rhyme. 1926 ‘H. MacDiarmid’ Drunk Man looks at Thistle Ded. p. v Ratt-rime and ragments o' quenry. β. 1653 Ld. Wariston & J. Guthrie Causes of Lords Wrath against Scotl. 30 Answering a Question or two of the Catechisme by rot-rime [1791 rot-rhime] (as we say) when nothing of the meaning is understood, is by many taken for knowledge sufficient.1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 145 Rot-rime, a piece of literature of little meaning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1553
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