Pronunciation: ' rü-b ē - ˌ ät-, - ˌ b ī -, - ˌ at-
Function: noun
Etymology: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, quatrains translated by Edward FitzGerald (1859)
Date: 1940
: an iambic pentameter quatrain with a rhyme scheme aaba
Pronunciation: ' rü-b ē - ˌ ät-, - ˌ b ī -, - ˌ at-
Function: noun
Etymology: The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, quatrains translated by Edward FitzGerald (1859)
Date: 1940
: an iambic pentameter quatrain with a rhyme scheme aaba
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012