homeoteleuton UK /ˌhəʊmiˌəʊtəˈluːtən/US /ˌhoʊmiˌoʊtəˈluːtən/ noun2 •(rhetoric) The repetition of endings in words; near rhyme.Homoioteleuton makes the measure chime With the same endings of the fetter'd rhyme. — 1835 •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. formshomeoteleuta · homeoteleutons