assonant

as inmelodious/melodic

as inmelodious

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adj harmonious, musical

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Word Origin & History

1727, "resemblance of sounds between words," from French assonance, from assonant, from Latin assonantem (nominative assonans), present participle of assonare "to resound, respond to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + sonare "to sound" (see sonata). Properly, in prosody, "rhyming of accented vowels, but not consonants" (1823).

Example Sentences for assonant

Edom means red, and Bossrah is assonant to Bsser, a vinedresser.

All rhymes and all approaches to rhyme, form the assonant metres.

I observed no instance of the assonant rhyme; but there are several glosses, or, in the Portuguese word, grosas.

Bel crouches—as men have crouched to Bel; Nebo cowers—a stronger verb than crouches, but assonant to it, like cower to crouch.

It is written in the assonant, or vowel rhyme, that was universal among European nations in the early stage of their civilization.

The versification is careless; when rhyme hampered the poet he dropped it, and used instead the assonant rhyme.

assonant

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melodious

melodious/melodic

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assonant

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melodious/melodic

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Synonyms for assonant

melodious