| homeoteleuton (literary) |
| Definition: Repeating the same sound (1) at the end of consecutive words or (2) at the end of words that are in close succession. |
| Example: The illustrious, industrious, yet preposterous Gus. |
| Etymology: In Greek the word means "like ending." Note: The technique was first identified and labelled by Aristotle in his Rhetoric. |
| Oxford English Dictionary: The term's first citation in this sense is from 1586: "Omoioteliton … when words and sentences in one sort doe finish together, as thus; Weeping, wailing, and her hands wringing, she moved all … to pittie." (A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 86) |