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Catalectic :: Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse..

Foot :: Foot (n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent..

Quaternion :: Quaternion (n.) A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.

Stress :: Stress (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35..

Decasyllabic :: Decasyllabic (a.) Having, or consisting of, ten syllables..

Diphthong :: Diphthong (n.) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong..

Slur :: Slur (n.) A mark, thus [/ or /], connecting notes that are to be sung to the same syllable, or made in one continued breath of a wind instrument, or with one stroke of a bow; a tie; a sign of legato..

Hyphen :: Hyphen (n.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words..

Hypercatalectic :: Hypercatalectic (a.) Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse..

Syncope :: Syncope (n.) An elision or retrenchment of one or more letters or syllables from the middle of a word; as, ne'er for never, ev'ry for every..

Ictus :: Ictus (n.) The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

Parelcon :: Parelcon (n.) The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb..

Syllabism :: Syllabify (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables.

Imparisyllabic :: Imparisyllabic (a.) Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis..

Syllabication :: Syllabicate (v. t.) To form or divide into syllables; to syllabify.

Monosyllabism :: Monosyllabism (n.) The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables..

Antispast :: Antispast (n.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#)..

Compare :: Compare (v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing - er and -est to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing more and most, or less and least, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables..

Measure :: Measure (a.) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a foot; as, a poem in iambic measure..

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