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"

Exact synonyms: Beginning Rhyme, Head Rhyme, Initial Rhyme
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

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

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