Definitions | alliteration |
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- The repetition of consonants 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.
Translations: Etymology: ad + litera letter.
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