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accentual, a.|ækˈsɛntjuːəl|
[f. L. accentu-s accent + -al1, as if ad. L. *accentuālis analogous to manuālis, visuālis. First in Todd 1818.]
Of or belonging to accent; formed by accent, as distinct from quantity, as in accentual iambics, etc., verses in which the ancient alternation of long and short syllables, is replaced by an alternation of strong and weak syllables, as in the versification of English, and other modern languages.
1610E. Bolton in Shaks. Cent. Praise 91 Our tongue hath not received dialects or accentuall notes as the Greeke. 1775Tyrwhitt Lang. of Chaucer I. §10. 83 To form any judgment of the versificaton of Chaucer, it is necessary that we should know the syllabic value of his words and the accentual value of his syllables. 1837Hallam Hist. Lit. (ed. 3) I. 27 The latter [poem] is in accentual iambics with a sort of monotonous termination in the nature of rhyme. 1870Lowell Am. my Books Ser. ii (1873) 292 Our prosody is accentual merely. 1875Whitney Life of Lang. iv. 53 The Germanic languages are all characterized by a pretty strong accentual stress. |