alliterative

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   using or characterized by the repetition of the same initial sound in nearby words or stressed syllables

   The critic praised the poem's dense alliterative pattern of repeated consonants.

Common collocations

• alliterative verse Adjective + noun

From alliterate + -ive. Alliterate was formed from Latin ad-, 'to,' and littera, 'letter,' on the model of obliterate; alliterative therefore literally describes words directed toward the same initial letter or sound.

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