alliterativeadj.

Brit.

/əˈlɪt(ə)rətɪv/, U.S.

/əˈlɪdərədɪv/,

/əˈlɪdəˌreɪdɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alliterate v., -ive suffix.

Etymology: < alliterate v. + -ive suffix.

Relating to or characterized by alliteration; spec. designating or relating to Old and Middle English and other Germanic verse employing a metre based on alliterating stressed syllables.Alliterative metre used a long line divided by a caesura into two half-lines, each of which featured a fixed number of stressed syllables linked by alliteration.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > alliteration > [adjective]

literal1584

alliterative1751

alliteral1822

alliterational1847

alliterated1859

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > alliterative

alliterative1751

alliterated1776

alliterate1837

1751 Student 2 No. 8. 313 (title) Ode to Horror, in the Allegoric, Descriptive, Alliterative, Epithetical..Style.

1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. x. 314 Alliterative measure, unaccompanied with rhyme.

1831 Foreign Q. Rev. 7 378 Alliterative metre is formed without..dependence upon the aid of terminal rhyme.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. vii. 536 The alliterative verse of the old Anglo-Saxon.

1865 Sat. Rev. 15 July 76/2 The old alliterative cry [‘Measures not Men’] is reversed.

1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 237 The sports-editor devoted his hitherto undiscovered talents to evolving alliterative headlines.

1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 265 In the Anglo-Saxon congregation of Wulfstan there must have been a few secular-minded highbrows who were thinking..of the preacher's mastery of alliterative rhythm.

2009 A. Lakhan Caribbean Street Food 92 The mention of curry crab was not merely for alliterative purposes; it is half of Tobago's beloved crab and dumplin'.

Compounds

Alliterative Revival n. (also with lower-case initials) (with the) the resurgence of poetry written in alliterative metre in England in the second half of the 14th cent.; the alliterative poems of this period, considered as a group.

ΚΠ

1894 H. F. Heath in H. D. Traill Social Eng. II. viii. 541 The West was the home of conservatism—the home of archaic forms, of the alliterative revival.

1957 Speculum 32 164 Her long study of metrics and poetics here proves its value in precise and useful discriminations as she treats the forms of verse produced by the Alliterative Revival.

2003 R. Kennedy in Three Allit. Saints' Hymns p. xvii Evangelist is one of the many works of the Alliterative Revival preserved solely because of Thornton's two anthologies.

Derivatives

aˈlliterativeness n. the quality of being alliterative.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > alliteration > alliterative quality

alliterativenessa1834

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 92 You cannot read a page of the Faery Queene..without perceiving the intentional alliterativeness of the words.

1938 Paris (Texas) News 8 Sept. 6/2 The clinging alliterativeness of the phrase ‘party purge’ and..its great usefulness to headline and caption writers.

2000 New Yorker (Nexis) 13 Nov. 140 He loved the alliterativeness of English.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alliterative
释义	alliterativeadj. Brit. /əˈlɪt(ə)rətɪv/, U.S. /əˈlɪdərədɪv/, /əˈlɪdəˌreɪdɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: alliterate v., -ive suffix. Etymology: < alliterate v. + -ive suffix. Relating to or characterized by alliteration; spec. designating or relating to Old and Middle English and other Germanic verse employing a metre based on alliterating stressed syllables.Alliterative metre used a long line divided by a caesura into two half-lines, each of which featured a fixed number of stressed syllables linked by alliteration. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > alliteration > [adjective] literal1584 alliterative1751 alliteral1822 alliterational1847 alliterated1859 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > alliterative alliterative1751 alliterated1776 alliterate1837 1751 Student 2 No. 8. 313 (title) Ode to Horror, in the Allegoric, Descriptive, Alliterative, Epithetical..Style. 1774 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry I. x. 314 Alliterative measure, unaccompanied with rhyme. 1831 Foreign Q. Rev. 7 378 Alliterative metre is formed without..dependence upon the aid of terminal rhyme. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. vii. 536 The alliterative verse of the old Anglo-Saxon. 1865 Sat. Rev. 15 July 76/2 The old alliterative cry [‘Measures not Men’] is reversed. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 237 The sports-editor devoted his hitherto undiscovered talents to evolving alliterative headlines. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 265 In the Anglo-Saxon congregation of Wulfstan there must have been a few secular-minded highbrows who were thinking..of the preacher's mastery of alliterative rhythm. 2009 A. Lakhan Caribbean Street Food 92 The mention of curry crab was not merely for alliterative purposes; it is half of Tobago's beloved crab and dumplin'. Compounds Alliterative Revival n. (also with lower-case initials) (with the) the resurgence of poetry written in alliterative metre in England in the second half of the 14th cent.; the alliterative poems of this period, considered as a group. ΚΠ 1894 H. F. Heath in H. D. Traill Social Eng. II. viii. 541 The West was the home of conservatism—the home of archaic forms, of the alliterative revival. 1957 Speculum 32 164 Her long study of metrics and poetics here proves its value in precise and useful discriminations as she treats the forms of verse produced by the Alliterative Revival. 2003 R. Kennedy in Three Allit. Saints' Hymns p. xvii Evangelist is one of the many works of the Alliterative Revival preserved solely because of Thornton's two anthologies. Derivatives aˈlliterativeness n. the quality of being alliterative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [noun] > alliteration > alliterative quality alliterativenessa1834 a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 92 You cannot read a page of the Faery Queene..without perceiving the intentional alliterativeness of the words. 1938 Paris (Texas) News 8 Sept. 6/2 The clinging alliterativeness of the phrase ‘party purge’ and..its great usefulness to headline and caption writers. 2000 New Yorker (Nexis) 13 Nov. 140 He loved the alliterativeness of English. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1751
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