How to Spell alliteration
alliteration
alliteration - noun
- The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin allīterātiōn-, allīterātiō, from Latin ad- ad- + lītera "letter" + -ātiōn-, -ātiō -ation
Word family
alliterative
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