Definition of Alliterations

1. Noun. (plural of alliteration) ¹

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Definition of Alliterations

1. alliteration [n] - See also: alliteration

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliterations

alliinase
alliinases
alliins
allinase
allis
allis shad
allises
allision
allisions
alliteral
alliterate
alliterated
alliterates
alliterating
alliteration
alliterations
alliterative
alliteratively
alliterativeness
alliterator
alliterators
allitridum
allium
alliumculture
alliums
allmouth
allmouths
allness
allnesses
allnight

Literary usage of Alliterations

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Alliteration in the Chanson de Roland and in the Carmen de Prodicione Guenonis by Alexander Haggerty Krappe (1921)
"R Total number of alliterations 731 I. Alliterations within one verse line 488 A. Alliterations of two alliterating words 466 B. Alliterations of three ..."

2. Hand-book of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate by George Ripley, Bayard Taylor (1852)
"... poetry there are abo many beautiful specimens of alliterations ; though it mu* l be confessed that it is* too often un^l without, the requisite skill ..."

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