word accent

word accent

noun Phonetics.

Origin:
1900–05

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word accent

noun
the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word [syn: word stress
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Word accent is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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