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alliterative, a.|əˈlɪtərətɪv|
[f. alliterate v. + -ive, as if ad. L. *allitterātīv-us.]
Pertaining to or characterized by alliteration.
1764Goldsm. Trav. Introd. (Jod.) Criticisms in favour of alliterative care and happy negligence. 1774T. Warton Eng. Poetry (1840) II. x. 108 Alliterative measure, unaccompanied with rhyme. 1855Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) IX. xiv. vii. 232 The alliterative verse of the Old Anglo-Saxon. 1865Sat. Rev. 15 July 76/2 The old alliterative cry [‘Measures not Men’] is reversed. |