homeoteleuton
/ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/
homeoteleuton means the repetition of endings in words; near rhyme. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
homeoteleuton is pronounced /ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/.
Why “homeoteleuton” is a great word
HOMEOTELEUTON — [Noun] A rhetorical device or scribal error characterized by the repetition of similar word endings, whether for deliberate effect or by accidental omission. Its etymology is a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον (homoiotéleuton), from ὅμοιος (hómoios, "like, similar") and τελευτή (teleutḗ, "ending"). Unlike alliteration, which chimes at the beginning, or homoioptoton, which mirrors grammatical case endings, homeoteleuton is a resonance of finality. It is the deliberate, marching cadence of "government of the people, by the people, for the people"; the weary scribe's eye skipping from one "-ation" to the next, silently collapsing a sentence; the poet's gentle cadence of "whispering, sighing, and dying"—a testament that how things end shapes all that comes between.
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὁμοιοτέλευτον (homoiotéleuton, “like ending”).
noun
- The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.“Homoioteleuton makes the measure chime
With the same endings of the fetter'd 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.