accentual

American  

[ak-sen-choo-uhl] / ækˈsɛn tʃu əl /

adjective

1. of or relating to accent or stress.

2. Prosody. of or relating to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.

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accentual British  

/ ækˈsɛntʃʊəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic

2. prosody of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllables Compare quantitative

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Other Word Forms

• accentuality noun
• accentually adverb
• nonaccentual adjective
• nonaccentually adverb

Etymology

Origin of accentual

1600–10; < Latin accentu ( s ) ( see accent) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Eventually, he stirs in some variations of speed and volume, accentual bursts of sound, with deeper tones and crunch.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Otherwise, they dress like the British, their mother tongue is English, with an accentual twang of Indian and they are Christians.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2013

The contribution of the several intervals according to position in the series and irrespective of accentual stress is given in the table following.

From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo

Technical points worth attention here are the bold reversal of the regular accentual stress twice over in the first line, and the strained use of ‘store’ for ‘fill’ and ‘recognizance’ for ‘recognition.’

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney

And he expounds the English accentual verse-system with clearness and vigor.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald