In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACCENTUAL
accentual
(adjective) (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”
accentual
(adjective) of or pertaining to accent or stress
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
accentual
Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cen"tu*al, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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