Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, showing, or characterized by alliteration.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or consisting in alliteration; characterized by alliteration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the form or style of
alliteration .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
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Examples
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I'm just back from a blog break (after taking courses in alliterative prose ... just kidding).
Still here ... Andrew Beckner 2007
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I'm just back from a blog break (after taking courses in alliterative prose ... just kidding).
Archive 2007-01-01 Andrew Beckner 2007
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Mumblix Grumph, as much as I’d like to see Bush and Cheyney in chains, (appealingly alliterative is it not) I do not think that Hillary is the answer to the countries problems.
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Mumblix Grumph, as much as I’d like to see Bush and Cheyney in chains, (appealingly alliterative is it not) I do not think that Hillary is the answer to the countries problems.
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The website TheyWorkForYou reveals that he "has used three-word alliterative phrases eg 'she sells seashells' 381 times in debates – well above average amongst Lords," it says.
Diary Hugh Muir 2010
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Anyway, someone whose main talents seem to be self-promotion and coining alliterative phrases should not be calling others trolls.
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The spirited romance generally known as the alliterative _Morte Arthure_ must also belong here, though the MS. itself is of later date.
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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But if I don't at least attempt to get a solid five and a half hours of sleep tonight, I will become the Gorgon Journalist of Georgia -- which, although it has its alliterative merits (is "alliterative" a word, by the way?
bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2007
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Other favorite words in shampoo promotion were the shimmering and alliterative shine and sheen, which along with silky reminded consumers that hair mucked up by soap scum was now a thing of the past.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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Other favorite words in shampoo promotion were the shimmering and alliterative shine and sheen, which along with silky reminded consumers that hair mucked up by soap scum was now a thing of the past.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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