Meaning of ASSONANT
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- [adj] having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables
- [adj] having the same sound (especially vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables; "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \As"so*nant\, a. [L. assonans, p. pr. of assonare to
sound to, to correspond to in sound; ad + sonare to sound,
sonus sound: cf. F. assonant. See {Sound}.]
1. Having a resemblance of sounds.
2. (Pros.) Pertaining to the peculiar species of rhyme called
assonance; not consonant.
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| | Related Terms: | | accordant, according, alliteral, alliterating, alliterative, assonantal, attuned, belabored, blended, blending, chanting, chiming, cliche-ridden, concordant, consonant, dingdong, harmonic, harmonious, harmonizing, harping, homophonic, humdrum, in accord, in chorus, in concert, in concord, in sync, in tune, in unison, jingle-jangle, jingling, jog-trot, labored, monodic, monophonic, monotone, monotonous, punning, rhymed, rhyming, singsong, symphonious, synchronized, synchronous, tedious, tuned, unisonant, unisonous |
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