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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
Sense 1
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)
Derivation:
alliterate (use alliteration as a form of poetry)
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