prosodiacaladj.
/ˌprəʊzəˈdʌɪəkl/, U.S. /ˌproʊzəˈdaɪək(ə)l/ rare.
Of or relating to prosody; = prosodic adj. 1.
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prosodical1676
prosodic1764
prosodiacal1774
prosodial1775
prosodian1817
prosodiac1890
1774 W. Mitford Ess. Harmony Lang. 132 A living writer, whose..criticisms I..admire, tho obliged to combat his prosodiacal tenets.
1831 Fraser's Mag. 3 429 The measure and rhyme force you to prosodiacal propriety.
1873 W. Wagner tr. W. S. Teuffel Hist. Rom. Lit. I. 110 The prosodiacal licences of the dramatic poets.
1990 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 80 215 On Fitch's prosodiacal and metrical criteria..Phoenissae is one of Seneca's last plays.
Derivatives
prosoˈdiacally adv. = prosodically adv.
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1836 in B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled (at cited word) Prosodically.
1939 Q. Rev. Biol. 14 113/1 Prosodiacally speaking Richard Richardson prefers free verse, of the shortest of short meter type.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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