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homoeoprophora

homoeoprophora is the plural of homoeoprophoron.

Meaning of homoeoprophoron

Noun

homoeoprophoron (countable and uncountable, plural homoeoprophora)

  1. (rhetoric) The repetition of the same consonant sound, especially at the beginning of neighboring words; essentially, extreme or faulted alliteration.
    • 1996, Gideon O. Burton, "Homoeoprophoron" in Silva Rhetoricae: "Repetition of the same consonant (especially the initial consonant) in neighboring words."

Questions about homoeoprophora

What is homoeoprophora the plural of?
Homoeoprophora is the plural of homoeoprophoron.

Words near homoeoprophora in the dictionary

  1. homoeophone
  2. homoeophones
  3. homoeophony
  4. homoeoplastic
  5. homoeopropheron
  6. homoeoprophora
  7. homoeoprophoron
  8. homoeoptoton
  9. homoeoses
  10. homoeosis
  11. homoeostasis

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