Associations to the word «Alliteration»

Wiktionary

ALLITERATION, noun. The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
ALLITERATION, noun. The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.

Dictionary definition

ALLITERATION, noun. Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse; "around the rock the ragged rascal ran".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley