alliteral, a. rare.
(əˈlɪtərəl)
[f. alliterate) after literal: see -al1.]
Characterized by alliteration; an attribute applied by Appleyard (1850) to the so-called ‘Kaffir’ group of languages.
| 1850 Appleyard Kafir Lang. 26 The alliteral class forms the second and principal division of South African languages. 1864 Max Müller Sc. Lang. II. 12 The Kafir, or, as Appleyard calls them, alliteral languages. |