Word Meanings - PROSODY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

That part of grammar which treats of the quantity of syllables, of accent, and of the laws of versification or metrical composition.

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• GRAMMARIAN
  1. One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist. Note: "The term was used by the classic ancients as a term of honorable distinction for all who were considered learned in any art or faculty whatever." Brande & C. 2. One
• ACCENTUALITY
  The quality of being accentual.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• METRICAL
  1. Of or pertaining to the meter; arranged in meter; consisting of verses; as, metrical compositions. 2. Of or pertaining to measurement; as, the inch, foot, yard, etc., are metrical terms; esp., of or pertaining to the metric system.
• ACCENTUABLE
  Capable of being accented.
• QUANTITY
  1. The attribute of being so much, and not more or less; the property of being measurable, or capable of increase and decrease, multiplication and division; greatness; and more concretely, that which answers the question "How much"; measure in
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• GRAMMARIANISM
  The principles, practices, or peculiarities of grammarians.
• VERSIFICATION
  The act, art, or practice, of versifying, or making verses; the construction of poetry; metrical composition.
• ACCENTOR
  One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
• ACCENTUATION
  Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically
• GRAMMAR
  1. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing. Note: The whole
• GRAMMARLESS
  Without grammar.
• ACCENTLESS
  Without accent.
• METRICALLY
  In a metrical manner.
• ACCENTUALLY
  In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
• COMPOSITION
  The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.
• ACCENTUATE
  1. To pronounce with an accent or with accents. 2. To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times. 3. To mark with the written accent.
• ACCENT
  Etym: 1. To express the accent of ; to utter or to mark with accent. 2. To mark emphatically; to emphasize.
• ACCENTUAL
  Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
• ANEMOMETRIC; ANEMOMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to anemometry.
• ISOPERIMETRICAL
  Having equal perimeters of circumferences; as, isoperimetrical figures or bodies.
• DIAMETRICALLY
  In a diametrical manner; directly; as, diametrically opposite. Whose principles were diametrically opposed to his. Macaulay.
• HEXAMETRIC; HEXAMETRICAL
  Consisting of six metrical feet.
• GASOMETRIC; GASOMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis.
• DECOMPOSITION
  1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
• PLUVIAMETRICAL
  See PLUVIOMETRICAL
• ELECTRO-METRIC; ELECTRO-METRICAL
  Pertaining to electrometry; made by means of electrometer; as, an electrometrical experiment.
• STEREOMETRIC; STEREOMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to stereometry; performed or obtained by stereometry. -- Ste`re*o*met"ric*al*ly, adv.
• PSYCHROMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to the psychrometer or psychrometry.
• PLANIMETRIC; PLANIMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to planimetry.
• MANOMETRIC; MANOMETRICAL
  Of or pertaining to the manometer; made by the manometer.
• DISSYMMETRICAL
  Not having symmetry; asymmetrical; unsymmetrical.