prosodist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of prosodist
Example Sentences
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Yet Baudelaire, in spite of arduous anc meticulous polishing, was not a skilful nor always successful prosodist, and his vocabulary was comparatively small.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a mordant wit, a sophisticated prosodist and a devilish rhymer.
From Time Magazine Archive
You—my learned prosodist and student of Browning and Shelley—will agree with me that it is not a masterpiece.
From Letters on Literature by Lang, Andrew
But in time came the inevitable prosodist under the formidable name of Abu Abd al- Rahmán al-Khalíl, i.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
"Let a deaf worshipper of antiquity and an English prosodist settle this."
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
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