homeoteleuton
American
[hoh-mee-oh-tel-yuh-ton]
/ ˌhoʊ mi oʊˈtɛl jəˌtɒn /
noun
Rhetoric.
Etymology
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
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