pantoum
nounHow to pronounce pantoum:
Definition of pantoum:
- pantoum (noun):
- a series of quatrains rhyming abab in which the second rhyme of a quatrain recurs as the first in the succeeding quatrain, each quatrain introduces a new second rhyme (as bcbc, cdcd), and the initial rhyme of the series recurs as the second rhyme of the closing quatrain (xaxa)
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- lori
- Jena
- Jaci
- fausto
- dressing
- chino
- Adriel
- Thaddeus
- someone's
- scourge
- pizzazz
- Gaea
- drizzly
- Tasha
- sonal
- Shanice
- shaheen
- rami
- Praveen
- opal
- Lyndon
- kugel
- headman
- eight ball
- comfy
- Barry
- barney
- Anish
- Niall
- Macon
- lacked
- knobbly
- Tlingit
- Rena
- reina
- kerry
- harpoon
- Gareth
- dulcet
- burke
- Baha'i
- Arif
- Tiana
- sneer
- naivete
- greeting
- blessings
- Aiden
- bathtub
- short-lived
- … more
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