accentual

[ ak-sen-choo-uhl ]

adjective
  1. of or relating to accent or stress.

  2. Prosody. of or relating to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.

Origin of accentual

1
1600–10; <Latin accentu(s) (see accent) + -al1

Other words from accentual

  • ac·cen·tu·al·i·ty, noun
  • ac·cen·tu·al·ly, adverb
  • non·ac·cen·tu·al, adjective
  • non·ac·cen·tu·al·ly, adverb

Words Nearby accentual

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How to use accentual in a sentence

  • Sherwood Forest, for instance, is a killing field of accentual integrity.

    Stars Who Can't Do Accents | Richard Rushfield | December 9, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • An excellent example of accentual verse set to an already existing melody is seen in Li Bon Prouvençau.

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • There are sure to be foreign sounds or accentual peculiarities that do not fit the native phonetic habits.

    Language | Edward Sapir
  • A song is still extant in rhyme and loose accentual measure, written upon a victory of Clotaire II.

  • There is no such thing as quantity except so far as it is accentual also.

    Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for accentual

accentual

/ (ækˈsɛntʃʊəl) /


adjective
  1. of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic

  2. prosody of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllables: Compare quantitative (def. 3)

Derived forms of accentual

  • accentually, adverb

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