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homeoteleuton

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[hoh-mee-oh-tel-yuh-ton] / ˌhoʊ mi oʊˈtɛl yəˌtɒn /

noun

Rhetoric.

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

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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