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Webster 1913 Edition
Alliteration
Al-litˊer-a′tion
,Noun.
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: -
Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved
His vastness.
His vastness.
Milton.
Fly o’er waste fens and windy fields.
Tennyson.
☞ The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words is also called alliteration. Anglo-Saxon poetry is characterized by alliterative meter of this sort. Later poets also employed it.
In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne,
I
I
sh
ope me in sh
roudes as I a sh
epe were. P. Plowman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Alliteration
ALLITERA'TION
,Noun.
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as f and g in the following line:
Fields ever fresh, and groves forever green.
Definition 2024
Alliteration
alliteration
alliteration
See also: Alliteration and allitération
English
Noun
alliteration (plural alliterations)
- The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
- The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
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In a somer seson whan soft was the sonne, I shope me in shroudes as I a shepe were. - Piers Plowman. |
Translations
The repetition of consonants
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