accentual meaning

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accentual (adjective): of or pertaining to accent or stress.

accentual has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

accentual as an adjective

of or pertaining to accent or stress
Related forms: accent
(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
- accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line
- accentual rhythm
Opposite: quantitative, syllabic
Related forms: accent

Word lists: words starting with AC · words ending in AL · 9-letter words

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