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alliteration Definition


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alliteration
noun
    1. The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of each word or each stressed word in a phrase, as in sing a song of sixpence. Compare assonance.
Etymology: 17c: from Latin alliteratio, from ad to + littera letter.



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