alliterative, a.
(əˈlɪtərətɪv)
[f. alliterate v. + -ive, as if ad. L. *allitterātīv-us.]
Pertaining to or characterized by alliteration.
| 1764 Goldsm. Trav. Introd. (Jod.) Criticisms in favour of alliterative care and happy negligence. 1774 T. Warton Eng. Poetry (1840) II. x. 108 Alliterative measure, unaccompanied with rhyme. 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. (1864) IX. xiv. vii. 232 The alliterative verse of the Old Anglo-Saxon. 1865 Sat. Rev. 15 July 76/2 The old alliterative cry [‘Measures not Men’] is reversed. |