bouts-rimés [boo-ree-meyz, French boo-ree-mey] Word Origin plural noun Prosody.
- words or word endings forming a set of rhymes to be used in a given order in the writing of verses.
- verses using such a set of rhymes.
Origin of bouts-rimés 1705–15; French, equivalent to bouts ends (see butt2) + rimés rhymed (see rhyme)