adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
2. 2
   Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.

Adjective

1. 1
   (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity wordnet
2. 2
   of or pertaining to accent or stress wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

accentedbrummiediacriticalmetricalprosodicrhythmic

Antonyms

All antonyms

quantitativesyllabicunaccentedunmarked

Etymology

From accent + -ual.