homeoteleuton

== English == === Alternative forms === homoeoteleuton, homoioteleuton === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον (homoiotéleuton, “like ending”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/, /ˌhəʊmi.ətəˈluːtən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhoʊmiˌoʊtəˈluːtən/, /ˌhoʊmi.ətəˈluːtən/ === Noun === homeoteleuton (plural homeoteleuta or homeoteleutons) The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme. 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.