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accentual

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ac⋅cen⋅tu⋅al

  [ak-sen-choo-uhl]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to accent or stress.
2. Prosody. of or pertaining to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.
Origin:
1600–10; < L accentu(s) (see accent ) + -al 1

Related forms:
ac⋅cen⋅tu⋅al⋅i⋅ty, noun
ac⋅cen⋅tu⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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ac·cen·tu·al   (āk-sěn'chōō-əl)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to accent.

  2. Based on stress accents: accentual rhythm; accentual verse.


[From Latin accentus, accent; see accent.]
ac·cen'tu·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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