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Alliteration
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: - Behemoth, biggest born of earth, upheaved His vastness. Milton. Fly o'er waste fens and windy fields. Tennyson.