| Rhyming words with stressed -oes [-'oːs] from Old Cornish /-uis/ (full list) |
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|---|---|---|
| boes | MN | habit |
| gloes | MN | pang |
| moes | FN | table |
| poes | AJ | heavy |
| toes | MN | dough |
| toes | MN | tuft |
The following word with unstressed /-os/ is spelled with -oes in GM20.
It is now recommended that it be thus spelled
only when rhymed with words having stressed -oes, -oez;
otherwise it is to be re-spelled with -us.
| Rhyming words with unstressed -oes [-os] | ||
|---|---|---|
| angoes | MN | anguish |
| Rhyming words with stressed -oez [-'oːz] from Old Cornish /-uid/ (full list) |
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|---|---|---|
| boez | MN | food |
| goez | MN | blood |
| kloez | MN | hurdle |
| koez | MN | wood |
| loez | AJ | grey |
| oez | MN | age |
| roez | FN | net |
| skoez | MN | shield |
| troez | MN | foot |
| troez | FN | starling |
The following words with unstressed /-oz/ are spelled with -oes in GM20.
It is now recommended that they be be spelled
with -oez only when rhymed with words having stressed -oez, -oes;
otherwise they are to be re-spelled with -uz.
| Rhyming words with unstressed -oez [-oz] | ||
|---|---|---|
| anwoez | MN | chill |
| galloez | MN | ability |
| kavoez | VN | to get |
| profoez | MN | prophet |
| terroez | MN | disaster |
| unwoez | MN | akin |
There are about 75 of these.