accentuation

American  

[ak-sen-choo-ey-shuhn] / ækˌsɛn tʃuˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

1. an act or instance of accentuating.

2. something that is accentuated.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• overaccentuation
  noun

Etymology

Origin of accentuation

1820–30; < Medieval Latin accentuātiōn- (stem of accentuātiō ) intoning. See accentuate, -ion

Example Sentences

A Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language; the Accentuation adjusted according to Sheridan and Walker; the Orthography chiefly taken from Johnson.

From The Lawyers, A Drama in Five Acts by Iffland, Augustus William

Accentuation at unequal intervals of time no more creates or heightens poetic fervor than, as was formerly supposed, measured stress on syllables did so.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert

Accentuation Accentuation is the stressing of the proper syllables in words.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

Accentuation must be regulated by the claims of musical delivery.

From For Every Music Lover A Series of Practical Essays on Music by Moore, Aubertine Woodward

Nomenclature, Accentuation of Names, etc.—In case of question respecting the proper name to be adopted for any species, Dr. Gray's known and expressed views have been followed, it is believed, throughout the work.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa