rhetorical accent
noun
A stress placed on a word or syllable on account of the intended effect of its delivery, especially one placed in departure from the normal or expected pattern of stress in order to convey a particular meaning; also in extended use.
- Frequently with reference to metrical verse or words set to music..
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Ephraim Chambers (?1680–1740), encyclopaedist.
- internal revenue
- internal rhyme
- internal secretion
- internal skeleton
- internal stress
- internal wave
- internarial
- internasal
- internation
- international
- international airspace
- International Atomic Energy Agency
- International Baccalaureate
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- International Brigade
- International Brigader
- international candle
- International Civil Aviation Organization
- international code
- International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
- international copyright
- International Court of Justice
- International Criminal Court
- International Date Line
- International Development Association