| ADJECTIVE | pert | accentual | of or pertaining to accent or stress |
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| all | accentual | (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity |
| Meaning | Of or pertaining to accent or stress. | |
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| Nouns | accent | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) |
| accent | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation | |
| Meaning | (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity. | |
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| Opposite | quantitative | (of verse) having a metric system based on relative duration of syllables |
| syllabic | (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities | |
| Nouns | accent | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) |