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homeoteleuton

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌhəʊmi.ətəˈluːtən/
  • General-American: /ˌhoʊmiˌoʊtəˈluːtən/
  • General-American: /ˌhoʊmi.ətəˈluːtən/

1

noun

Meaning 1

The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rhetoric

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2

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον (homoiotéleuton, “like ending”).