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prosody
 
SYLLABICATION:pros·o·dy
PRONUNCIATION:  prs-d
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. pros·o·dies
1. The study of the metrical structure of verse. 2. A particular system of versification.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English prosodie, from Latin prosdia, accent, from Greek prosidi, song sung to music, accent : pros-, pros- + id, song; see ode.
OTHER FORMS:pro·sodic (pr-sdk) —ADJECTIVE
pro·sodi·cal·ly —ADVERB
proso·dist —NOUN
 
 
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