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Definition of Alliteration
1. Noun. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse. "Around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
Generic synonyms: Rhyme, Rime
Derivative terms: Alliterate
Definition of Alliteration
1. n. The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -
Definition of Alliteration
1. Noun. The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals. ¹
2. Noun. The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alliteration
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Alliteration
1. In psychiatry, a speech disturbance in which words commencing with the same sounds, usually consonants, are notably frequent. Origin: Fr. Alliteration, fr. L. Ad, to, + littera, letter of alphabet (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alliteration
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