accentual

[ ak-sen-choo-uhl ]

/ ækˈsɛn tʃu əl /

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adjective

of or relating to accent or stress.

Prosody. of or relating to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.

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Origin of accentual

1600–10; <Latin accentu(s) (see accent) + -al¹

OTHER WORDS FROM accentual

ac·cen·tu·al·i·ty, nounac·cen·tu·al·ly, adverbnon·ac·cen·tu·al, adjectivenon·ac·cen·tu·al·ly, adverb

Words nearby accentual

accelerograph, accelerometer, accent, accent mark, accentor, accentual, accentuate, accentuated, accentuation, accentuator, accept

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How to use accentual in a sentence

Sherwood Forest, for instance, is a killing field of accentual integrity.
Stars Who Can't Do Accents|Richard Rushfield|December 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST
An excellent example of accentual verse set to an already existing melody is seen in Li Bon Prouvençau.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
There are sure to be foreign sounds or accentual peculiarities that do not fit the native phonetic habits.
Language|Edward Sapir
A song is still extant in rhyme and loose accentual measure, written upon a victory of Clotaire II.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Henry Hallam

There is no such thing as quantity except so far as it is accentual also.
Opuscula|Robert Gordon Latham
Unhappily those who agree in regarding the metre as purely accentual agree in little else.
The Oxford Book of Latin Verse|Various

British Dictionary definitions for accentual

accentual

/ (ækˈsɛntʃʊəl) /

adjective

of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic

prosody of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllablesCompare quantitative (def. 3)

Derived forms of accentual

accentually, adverb

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