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pros·o·dy       [pros-uh-dee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
2.a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton's prosody.
3.Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L prosōdia < Gk prosōidía tone or accent, modulation of voice, song sung to music, equiv. to prós toward + ōid() ode + -ia -y3]

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pro·sod·ic       [pruh-sod-ik] Pronunciation Key, pro·sod·i·cal, adjective
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pros·o·dy       (prŏs'ə-dē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. pros·o·dies
  1. The study of the metrical structure of verse.
  2. A particular system of versification.


[Middle English prosodie, from Latin prosōdia, accent, from Greek prosōidiā, song sung to music, accent : pros-, pros- + ōidē, song; see ode.]

pro·sod'ic (prə-sŏd'ĭk) adj., pro·sod'i·cal·ly adv., pros'o·dist n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
prosody 
c.1450, from L. prosodia, from Gk. prosoidia "song sung to music," also "accent, modulation," from pros "to" + oide "song, poem" (see ode).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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prosody

noun
1. the patterns of stress and intonation in a language 
2. (prosody) a system of versification [syn: poetic rhythm] 
3. the study of poetic meter and the art of versification 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Prosody

Pros"o*dy\, n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr. ? a song sung to, or with, an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; ? to + ? song, ode: cf. F. prosodie. See Ode.] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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