homoeoptotonn.
/həʊmiːɒpˈtəʊtɒn/ A rhetorical figure consisting in the use of a series of words in the same case or with the same inflection.
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1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.)
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1883 H. P. Smith Gloss. Terms & Phr. 253.
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n.1678- to look on the gloomy side
- to look on the positive side
- to look on the wine when it is red
- to look on with a different eye
- to look on with another eye
- to look one way and row another
- to look one's age
- to look one's best
- to look one's last
- to look one'the last
- to look oneself
- to look out
- to look out for
- to look out of
- to look out of a place
- to look over
- to look over one's shoulder
- to look parsnips
- to look right through
- to look right through a person
- to look round
- to look round about
- to look row
- to look seek trouble
- to look seven ways for sunday