— prosodic /preuh sod"ik/ , prosodical , adj.
/pros"euh dee/ , n.
1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification.
2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton's prosody.
3. Ling. the stress and intonation patterns of an utterance.
[ 1400-50; late ME prosodia prosoidía tone or accent, modulation of voice, song sung to music, equiv. to prós toward + oid ( é ) ODE + -ia -Y 3 ]