accentual

[ ak-sen-choo-uhl ]

adjective

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

accentual

/ ækˈsɛntʃʊəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic
2. prosody of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllables Compare quantitative

Derived Forms

• acˈcentually, adverb

Other Words From

• ac·centu·ali·ty noun
• ac·centu·al·ly adverb
• nonac·centu·al adjective
• nonac·centu·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of accentual¹

1600–10; < Latin accentu ( s ) ( accent ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Sherwood Forest, for instance, is a killing field of accentual integrity.

From The Daily Beast

An excellent example of accentual verse set to an already existing melody is seen in Li Bon Prouvençau.

From Project Gutenberg

There are sure to be foreign sounds or accentual peculiarities that do not fit the native phonetic habits.

From Project Gutenberg

A song is still extant in rhyme and loose accentual measure, written upon a victory of Clotaire II.

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There is no such thing as quantity except so far as it is accentual also.

From Project Gutenberg

Unhappily those who agree in regarding the metre as purely accentual agree in little else.

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