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homoeoprophoron

homoeoprophoron noun: the repetition of the same consonant sound, especially at the beginning of neighboring words; essentially, extreme or faulted alliteration.

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."

Synonyms of homoeoprophoron

Forms of homoeoprophoron

pluralhomoeoprophora

Origin of homoeoprophoron

From ὅμοιος (hómoios, “like, similar”) and προφέρω (prophérō, “to carry or place before”).

Questions about homoeoprophoron

What does homoeoprophoron mean?
Homoeoprophoron means the repetition of the same consonant sound, especially at the beginning of neighboring words; essentially, extreme or faulted alliteration.
What part of speech is homoeoprophoron?
Homoeoprophoron is a noun.
What is the plural of homoeoprophoron?
The plural of homoeoprophoron is homoeoprophora.

Words near homoeoprophoron in the dictionary

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

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