a rhyme between words in which one, two, or more unstressed syllables follow a stressed one, as in elation, nation or merrily, verily
Compare masculine rhyme
feminine rhyme in American English
noun
Prosody
a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme), as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme), as in fortunate, importunate
Also called: female rhyme
Word origin
[1865–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black belt, dunk, goulash, racism, steamroller