ppl. a. [f. ALLITERATE v. + -ED.] Composed with or characterized by alliteration.
1776. Johnson, Lett. (1788), I. 331. Smollett’s heroes, who in every alliterated novel, Roderick Random or Peregrine Pickle, are always employed by their author to kill a dog.
1859. Sat. Rev., 20 Aug., 229/2. Imitation of the old epic alliterated long lines of the Northern poetry.
