# rhyme royal

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A form of English verse consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter having a rhyme scheme of ababbcc, first represented in English in works by Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400).
2. A single stanza of this form.

## Etymology
This term was reportedly first used in the mid-1800s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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