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alliterative
adjective as in repetitious
Example Sentences
Even his alliterative name had mythic qualities: Ben Bradlee.
Like Sigurd and Gudrún, The Fall of Arthur is in alliterative verse, a mode last fashionable in the 14th century.
“More Mitt,” as Politico reported at least has the virtue of alliterative succinctness.
Every alliterative couplet had two accented syllables, containing the same initial consonants, one in each of the two sections.
Schipper sees in it a mixture of septenaries, alexandrines, and alliterative verse.
Moreover the alliterative element is considerable; the poet starts with two perfect lines, and ll.
It is written, like all old Teutonic work of the kind, in alliterative unrhymed rhythm.
The light rippling melody of this stanza is due, in considerable measure, to its fine alliterative structure.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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