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Webster 1913 Edition


Alliteration

Al-litˊer-a′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
ad
+
litera
letter. See
Letter
.]
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.
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
sh
ope me in
sh
roudes as I a
sh
epe were.
P. Plowman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Alliteration

ALLITERA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. ad and litera, a letter.]
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


allitération

allitération

See also: alliteration and Alliteration

French

Noun

allitération f (plural allitérations)

  1. alliteration