assonant

英['æsənənt] 美['æsənənt]
  • adj. 类韵的
  • assagai n.南非土人所用的标枪
  • assai adv.甚;非常n.巴西椰子树;巴西椰子饮料
  • assail v.使苦恼,纠缠;猛烈攻击;言语抨击
  • assailable adj.可攻击的;有弱点的
  • assailant n.攻击者
Adjective:
  1. having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables;

    "note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'"

  2. having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables