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adj
Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
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adjective
(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: syllabic, quantitative
adjective
of or pertaining to accent or stress
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *keh2n-der. Proto-Italic *kanō Latin canō Latin accinō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus ▲ Ancient Greek προσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)calq. Medieval Latin accentusbor. Middle French accentbor. Anglo-Norman accentbor. Middle English accent English accent English -ual English accentual From accent + -ual.
Across languages
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