rhetorical stress
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noun
stress required by the meaning of a line, as distinguished from that required by the meter.
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Origin of rhetorical stress
First recorded in 1720–30
Words nearby rhetorical stress
rhetor, rhetoric, rhetorical, rhetorically, rhetorical question, rhetorical stress, rhetorician, rheum, rheumatalgia, rheumatic, rheumatic arteritis
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