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Pyrrhic :: Pyrrhic (n.) A foot consisting of two short syllables.

Prefix :: Prefix (n.) That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure..

Preantenultimate :: Preantenultimate (a.) Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult..

Ionic :: Ionic (n.) A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called the greater Ionic; or two short and two long, -- that is, a pyrrhic and a spondee, in which case it is called the smaller Ionic..

Apocope :: Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word..

Paragoge :: Paragoge (n.) The addition of a letter or syllable to the end of a word, as withouten for without..

Syllabical :: Syllabical (a.) Of or pertaining to a syllable or syllables; as, syllabic accent..

Atonic :: Atonic (a.) Unaccented; as, an atonic syllable..

Proceleusmatic :: Proceleusmatic (n.) A foot consisting of four short syllables.

Accent :: Accent (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others..

Metre :: Metre (n.) Rhythmical arrangement of syllables or words into verses, stanzas, strophes, etc.; poetical measure, depending on number, quantity, and accent of syllables; rhythm; measure; verse; also, any specific rhythmical arrangements; as, the Horatian meters; a dactylic meter..

Monosyllabic :: Monosyllabic (a.) Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language..

Baritone :: Baritone (n.) A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood..

Amphibrach :: Amphibrach (n.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet#ic..

Caesura :: Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..

Syllable :: Syllable (n.) In writing and printing, a part of a word, separated from the rest, and capable of being pronounced by a single impulse of the voice. It may or may not correspond to a syllable in the spoken language..

Decasyllabic :: Decasyllabic (a.) Having, or consisting of, ten syllables..

Slur :: Slur (v. t.) To pronounce indistinctly; as, to slur syllables..

Syllabication :: Syllabicate (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

Antispast :: Antispast (n.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#)..

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