homeoteleuton









homeoteleuton


homeoteleuton [hoh-mee-oh-tel-yuh-ton] ExamplesWord Origin noun Rhetoric.

  1. a series of words with the same or similar endings.

Origin of homeoteleuton 1580–90; Greek, noun use of neuter of homoiotéleutos ending alike, equivalent to homoio- homeo- + -teleutos, adj. derivative of teleutḗ end, close Examples from the Web for homeoteleuton Historical Examples of homeoteleuton

  • The correct form is homeoteleuton (in this books spelling, probably homioteleuton).

    A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes

    Richard Sherry

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