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accentual (adj.)

"pertaining to accent," c. 1600, from Latin accentus (see accent (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Accentually; accentuality.

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Definitions of accentual from WordNet

accentual (adj.)
of or pertaining to accent or stress;
accentual (adj.)
(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity;
accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line
accentual rhythm
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