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Word: Pantoum
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: Malay pantun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
panˈtuːm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a Malay verse form, also imitated in French and English, with a rhyme scheme abab
Short Definition:Malay verse form, also imitated in French and English
Examples:- smart's the word for pantoums and haiku
- we could end as a line of pantoum
Variant Forms:
- pantun
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