Crossword clues for alliterative
alliterative
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alliterative \Al*lit"er*a*tive\ (?; 277), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, alliteration; as, alliterative poetry. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Al*lit"er*a*tive*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1764, from alliterate + -ive. Related: Alliteratively.
Wiktionary
a. In the form or style of alliteration.
WordNet
adj. having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable; "alliterative verse"
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "alliterative".
These alliterative expressions, collected by the linguist Martha Ratcliff, give some inkling of the intimate relationship the Hmong of Laos had with the natural world.
The Pil, through his Vodor, began to make voice with a complicated, alliterative, incomprehensible speech.
Persons McDermidhad a certain alliterative charm, but the alliteration seemed strained inMcDermid Reaches a Milestone.
The foreign newer metres took the place of the old alliterative English verse.
The present modernization attempts to retain as far as possible the alliterative and accentual characteristics of the original.
It is a pity that he wrote - or at least published -so little alliterative verse, for it suited his imagination far more than did modern rhyme-schemes.
The satirist had switched to alliterative verse, which Nafai thought sounded a little more natural than rhyming, but it wasn’.
The satirist had switched to alliterative verse, which Nafai thought sounded a little more natural than rhyming, but it wasn't as fun.
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The Turin verses are in an alliterative measure, a modern version of the Anglo-Saxon verse form.