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prosody

pros.o.dy \'pra:s-*d-e-\ n [ME, fr. L prosodia accent of a syllable, fr. Gk 
   proso-idia song] sung to instrumental music, accent, fr. pros in addition 
   to + o-ide- song - more at PROS-, ODE 1: the study of versification; esp : 
   the systematic study of metric al structure : METRICS 2: a particular 
   system, theory, or style of versification