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Meaning of homeoteleuton | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən

Definitions

  1. The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.
  2. The accidental omission when copying a text, of text between repeated words or phrases, as the eye skips from one to the next without noticing the words in between.

Equivalents

Polski homoioteleuton

Examples

“Homoioteleuton makes the measure⟳ chime With the same endings of the fetter'd rhyme.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

homeotherapy homeotherm homeothermic homeothermism homeothermy homeotics

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