Phil in SF quoted The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the …
I remember asking you that question once when you were spending time with me as I was dying. It's assonant to ask you again now. It gives the appearance that I care. Which is a thing you need.
— The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1) (Page 721)
new vocabulary: assonant
- a: relatively close juxtaposition of similar sounds especially of vowels (as in "rise high in the bright sky")
b: repetition of vowels without repetition of consonants (as in stony and holy) used as an alternative to rhyme in verse
2: resemblance of sound in words or syllables
definition 2 makes the most sense, but still doesn't make much sense to me in the context here.