Oxford Dictionary English alliteration noun noun BrE BrE//əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn// ; NAmE NAmE//əˌlɪtəˈreɪʃn// [uncountable] (specialist) Linguistic devices Add to my wordlistjump to other resultsthe use of the same letter or sound at the beginning of words that are close together, as in sing a song of sixpence see also assonance Wordfinderimagealliteration, euphemism, figure of speech, hyperbole, image, litotes, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, paradox See related entries: Linguistic devices Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin alliteratio(n-), from Latin ad- (expressing addition) + littera ‘letter’.See alliteration in the Oxford Advanced American DictionaryCheck pronunciation: alliteration oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
