Definition of assonance
- n. - Resemblance of sound.
- n. - A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted
vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with
the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are
unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.
- n. - Incomplete correspondence.
- n. - Resemblance of sound.
- n. - A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted
vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with
the vowels of another word, while the consonants of the two words are
unlike in sound; as, calamo and platano, baby and chary.
- n. - Incomplete correspondence.