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alliterational

alliterational adjective: involving alliteration; alliterative.

Adjective

alliterational (comparative more alliterational, superlative most alliterational)

  1. Involving alliteration; alliterative.
    • Their language has two remarkable peculiarities which seem to separate it from other African tongues; viz., the system of prefixing to every noun a syllable without any separate meaning, and alliterational concord, which changes the initial sound of a secondary word into that of the priamary one.1859, Charles Hamilton Smith, The natural history of the human species, page 46
    • "In whose eyes I shall find grace" is furthermore a very important alliterational brush-stroke on this charming broad canvas.1973, Israel Rosenberg, The world of words, page 85

Forms of alliterational

comparativemore alliterational
superlativemost alliterational

Origin of alliterational

From alliteration + -al.

Questions about alliterational

What does alliterational mean?
Alliterational means involving alliteration; alliterative.
What part of speech is alliterational?
Alliterational is an adjective.

Words near alliterational in the dictionary

  1. alliterate
  2. alliterated
  3. alliterates
  4. alliterating
  5. alliteration
  6. alliterational
  7. alliterationist
  8. alliterationists
  9. alliterations
  10. alliterative
  11. alliteratively

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