Crossword-Solution: ALLITERATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Alliteration | 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: - |
We have 15 clues for the answer “ALLITERATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ". . . peck of pickled peppers," e.g. | 1 answer |
| "Full fathom five thy father lies . . . " | 1 answer |
| "Peter Piper picked . . . ," e.g. | 1 answer |
| "Twice-Told Tales," literarily | 1 answer |
| ... using ___: "Lisa loved her little lamb / Its wool was white and waxen" | 1 answer |
| Fe, fi, fo, fum, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Feature of Love's Labour's Lost nothing but repetition | 1 answer |
| WORDS WORK WONDERS | 1 answer |
| Repeated consonant sound in close words | 1 answer |
| the repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence | 1 answer |
| {/Feature of "Peter Pan" and "Black Beauty"/} | 1 answer |
| Desperate Dan or Mickey Mouse, say | 1 answer |
| assonance | 2 answers |
| prosody | 12 answers |
| Figure of speech | 23 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEARE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ALLITERATION (5)
The unobtrusive, but distinctly felt, alliteration which runs through it, contributes something toward this lightsomeness.
Alliteration is so liable to be abused that we can scarcely be too sparing of it; and yet it is a trick that seems to grow upon the author with years.
The beauty of the contents of a phrase, or of a sentence, depends implicitly upon alliteration and upon assonance.
Therefore there seems something especially appropriate in the geographical title selected, and if the author's choice of name need further excuse, it is to be found in the alluring alliteration lying ready at his hand.
Avoiding the error into which his predecessor had fallen, the Archdeacon made use of a measure intelligible to people of every degree, in which alliteration is not observed, and which is called by the Welsh y mesur cyffredin, or the common measure.
Quotes with ALLITERATION (3)
Not long ago, I advertised for perverse rules of grammar, along the lines of "Remember to never split an infinitive" and "The passive voice should never be used." The notion of making a mistake while laying down rules ("Thimk," "We Never Make Misteaks") is highly unoriginal, and it turns out that English teachers have been circulating lists of fumblerules for years. As owner of the world's largest collection, and with thanks to scores of readers, let me pass along a bunch of …
Please let's change subject, as despite the alliteration, I don't think Politics and Puddings go together.
Kids use words in ways that release hidden meanings, revel the history buried in sounds. They haven't forgotten that words can be more than signs, that words have magic, the power to be things, to point to themselves and materialize. With their back-formations, archaisms, their tendency to play the music in words--rhythm, rhyme, alliteration, repetition--children peel the skin from language. Words become incantatory. Open Sesame. Abracadabra. Perhaps a child will remember the…
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Appears in: Chronicle, LAT, NYT, USA TODAY.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1958–2023).