ACCENTUATION

emphasizing, accenting, accentuation

(noun) the act of giving special importance or significance to something

accentuation

(noun) the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

accentuation (countable and uncountable, plural accentuations)

Act of accentuating; applications of accent.

(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*cen`tu*a"tion, n. Etym: [LL. accentuatio: cf. F. accentuation.]

Definition: Act of accentuating; applications of accent. Specifically (Eccles. Mus.),

Definition: pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

coffee icon