Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to assonance; of the nature of an assonant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Assonant.
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- adjective
assonant
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Examples
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Although Eric Earling is a name, albeit assonantal, is one which might pose a greater difficulty in mocking for those without a post-primary school education or a person with an anti-piscatory bent.
Sound Politics: Did Darcy Burner Vote Republican in the 2000 Presidential Primary? 2006
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O'Bruadair was a master of the art of versification, and wrote with ease and grace in the most varied and complicated syllabic and assonantal metres.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Sometimes the tropes were not in measure, whether classical or accentual, but merely in a rude kind of rhymed, or rather, assonantal prose; as the following (tenth century), which was the triple
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Menashe takes pleasure in rhyme and assonantal echoes.
Culture | guardian.co.uk Carol Rumens 2010
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