rhymableadj.
/ˈrʌɪməbl/, U.S. /ˈraɪməb(ə)l/ Capable of being rhymed.
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rhymable1852
1852 D. D. Whedon Public Addresses 168 Happy the candidate who has a rhymable name.
1890 O. Crawfurd Round Calendar in Portugal 29 As rhythmical and rhymable words as the most exacting poet can desire.
1918 Columbia Univ. Q. Apr. 134 Of these eleven ‘rimable’ words, three are polysyllables.
1922 Musical Times Apr. 237/1 It is fortunate for that flower [sc. the rose] that its name is both euphonious and rhymable.
1990 Poetics Today 11 248 Phonemes accepted as rhymable in one literary repertoire are not necessarily accepted as such in another one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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