Rime

/raɪm/ noun

Definition

Frost formed from water droplets that freeze on contact with an exposed cold surface, creating white, feathery ice crystals.

Etymology

From Old English 'hrīm' (frost/hoarfrost). Not to be confused with 'rhyme' (poetry). Samuel Taylor Coleridge used it brilliantly in 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.'

Kelly Says

Not 'rhyme' the poetry kind — RIME the ice kind! Those beautiful feathery ice crystals that coat everything on a freezing foggy morning! Coleridge put it in his most famous poem title. Two words, one sound, zero connection! ❄️🪶

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