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Definitions for Prosody
[1] the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
[2] a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton's prosody.
[3] Linguistics . the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.
[4] the study of poetic metre and of the art of versification, including rhyme, stanzaic forms, and the quantity and stress of syllables
[5] a system of versification
[6] the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
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prosit, proskomide, proslavery, prosodemic, prosodist, prosody, prosoma, prosopagnosia, prosopalgia, prosopectasia, prosoplasia
Origin of Prosody
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin prosōdia < Greek prosōidía tone or accent, modulation of voice, song sung to music, equivalent to prós toward + ōid(ḗ ) ode + -ia -y3
Other words from Prosody
pro·sod·ic [pruh -sod -ik] /prəˈsɒd ɪk/ , pro·sod·i·cal , adjective
Word origin for Prosody
C15: from Latin prosōdia accent of a syllable, from Greek prosōidia song set to music, from pros towards + ōidē, from aoidē song; see ode