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homeoteleuton

UK/ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/US/ˌhoʊmiˌoʊtəˈluːtən/

homeoteleuton noun: the repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.

Noun

homeoteleuton (plural homeoteleuta or homeoteleutons)

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.
    • Homoioteleuton makes the measure chime
      With the same endings of the fetter'd rhyme.1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Turns.] Homeoteleuton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 91
  2. The accidental omission when copying a text, of text between repeated words or phrases, as the eye skips from one to the next without noticing the words in between.

Forms of homeoteleuton

pluralhomeoteleuta
pluralhomeoteleutons
alternative formhomoeoteleuton
alternative formhomoioteleuton

Origin of homeoteleuton

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον (homoiotéleuton, “like ending”).

Questions about homeoteleuton

What does homeoteleuton mean?
Homeoteleuton means the repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.
What part of speech is homeoteleuton?
Homeoteleuton is a noun.
How do you pronounce homeoteleuton?
Homeoteleuton is pronounced /ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/ (UK).
What is the plural of homeoteleuton?
The plural of homeoteleuton is homeoteleuta.

Words near homeoteleuton in the dictionary

  1. homeostats
  2. homeostenosis
  3. homeostenotic
  4. homeosynaptic
  5. homeoteleuta
  6. homeoteleuton
  7. homeoteleutons
  8. homeotherapeutic
  9. homeotherapy
  10. homeotherm
  11. homeothermal

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