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

Antonyms

All antonyms

quantitativesyllabic

Etymology

From accent + -ual.

Related phrases

accentual-syllabic

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