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alliteration

/əˌlɪtəˈɹeɪʃən/ noun

Latin root: allīterātiō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about alliteration at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
    around the rock the ragged rascal ran

Origin

From New Latin allīterātiō, from allīterātus, from allīterō, from Latin ad (“to, towards, near”) and lītera (“a letter”).

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