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noun Rhetoric.
a series of words with the same or similar endings.
Origin:
1580–90; < Greek, noun use of neuter of homoiotéleutos ending alike, equivalent to homoio- homeo- + -teleutos, adj. derivative of teleutḗ end, close
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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Homeoteleuton
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| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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