homeoteleuton

[ hoh-mee-oh-tel-yuh-ton ]

noun

, Rhetoric.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of homeoteleuton¹

1580–90; < Greek, noun use of neuter of homoiotéleutos ending alike, equivalent to homoio- homeo- + -teleutos, adj. derivative of teleutḗ end, close

Example Sentences

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

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