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prosody
[ pros-uh-dee ]
noun
- the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
- a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification:
Milton's prosody.
- Linguistics. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.
prosody
/ ˈprɒsədɪ; prəˈsɒdɪk /
noun
- the study of poetic metre and of the art of versification, including rhyme, stanzaic forms, and the quantity and stress of syllables
- a system of versification
- the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
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Derived Forms
- ˈprosodist, noun
- prosodic, adjective
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Other Words From
- pro·sod·ic [pr, uh, -, sod, -ik], pro·sod·i·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prosody1
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Example Sentences
He hoped to treat the subject exhaustively in his forthcoming treatise on Ecclesiastical Prosody.
It is common for those that deliver the grammar of modern languages, to omit the Prosody.
He always mentioned her as "that dear invaluable creature, Miss Prosody."
"Perhaps," said Lilla, frankly, with furtive enjoyment of Miss Prosody's stiffening face.
They had been reckoning on the phenomenon of Miss Prosody, subjugated by hunger, eating pie with her fingers.
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