Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or practice of constructing verse correctly; the laws of correct versification.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.
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- noun The art or practice of
constructing verses correctly; the laws of correctpoetry .
Etymologies
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ortho- + -metry
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PROSODY comprises orthoepy, or the rules of pronunciation; and orthometry, or the laws of versification.
A Grammar of the English Tongue Samuel Johnson 1746
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