alliterational
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Their language has two remarkable peculiarities which seem to separate it from other African tongues; viz., the system of prefixing to every noun a syllable without any separate meaning, and alliterational concord, which changes the initial sound of a secondary word into that of the priamary one."
- ""In whose eyes I shall find grace" is furthermore a very important alliterational brush-stroke on this charming broad canvas."
- "In the heroic lays, parallelisms of long lines predominate, strictly organized from the point of view of alliterational technique."
Etymology
From alliteration + -al.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more alliterational (comparative)
most alliterational (superlative)