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prosody |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prosody \Pros"o*dy\, n. [L. prosodia the tone or accent of a syllable, Gr ? a song sung to or with an accompanying song, the accent accompanying the pronunciation; ? to + ? song, ode: cf F. prosodie. See {Ode}.] That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: prosody n 1: the patterns of stress and intonation in a language [syn: {inflection}] 2: a system of versification [syn: {poetic rhythm}, {rhythmic pattern}] 3: the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
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