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Prosodist

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pros·o·dy  (prs-d)
n. pl. pros·o·dies
1. The study of the metrical structure of verse.
2. A particular system of versification.

[Middle English prosodie, from Latin prosdia, accent, from Greek prosidi, song sung to music, accent : pros-, pros- + id, song; see ode.]

pro·sodic (pr-sdk) adj.
pro·sodi·cal·ly adv.
proso·dist n.


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