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1. (n.) alliteration
repetition of the same sound, as a consonant or cluster, at the beginning of two or more stressed syllables, as in from stem to stern.
2. alliteration
the commencement of two or more words of a word group with the same letter, as in
apt alliteration's artful aid.
Etymology: (1650–60; < ML alliterātiō=al-al - +literātiō)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alliteration, initial rhyme, beginning rhyme, head rhyme
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
"around the rock the ragged rascal ran"
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1. (noun) alliteration
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: -
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