English Explanatory Dictionary

homeoteleuton

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.
  2. The accidental omission when copying a text, of text between repeated words or phrases, as the eye skips from one to the next without noticing the words in between.

Pronunciation

/ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/ /ˌhəʊmi.ətəˈluːtən/ /ˌhoʊmiˌoʊtəˈluːtən/ /ˌhoʊmi.ətəˈluːtən/

Word forms

homeoteleuton homeoteleuta homeoteleutons homoeoteleuton homoioteleuton

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον (homoiotéleuton, “like ending”).

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