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Orthotone :: Orthotone (a.) Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic..

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

Perispomenon :: Perispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.

Accent :: Accent (v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..

Proparoxytone :: Proparoxytone (n.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Accentless :: Accentless (a.) Without accent.

Accenting :: Accenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accen.

Arsis :: Arsis (n.) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent..

Accentually :: Accentually (adv.) In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

Dunnock :: Dunnock (a.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.

Dactyl :: Dactyl (n.) A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tegm/n/, E. mer6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger..

Trochee :: Trochee (n.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus..

Oxytone :: Oxytone (a.) Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable..

Accented :: Accented (imp. & p. p.) of Accen.

Accent :: Accent (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent..

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

Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel..

Foot :: Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent..

Accentuation :: Accentuation (n.) Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

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