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View synonyms for alliterative

alliterative

[ uh-lit-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characterized by alliteration:

    alliterative verse.



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Other Words From

  • al·liter·ative·ly adverb
  • al·liter·ative·ness noun
  • nonal·liter·ative adjective
  • nonal·liter·ative·ly adverb
  • nonal·liter·ative·ness noun
  • unal·liter·ative adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of alliterative1

First recorded in 1755–65; alliterat(ion) + -ive
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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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