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ALLITERATIVE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does alliterative mean?

• ALLITERATIVE (adjective)
The adjective ALLITERATIVE has 1 sense:

1. having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

Familiarity information: ALLITERATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALLITERATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

Context example:

alliterative verse

Similar:

rhymed; rhyming; riming (having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds)

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