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Poetic stress
Answer for the clue "Poetic stress ", 5 letters:
ictus
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the pulse 2 (context medicine English) A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. 3 (context prosody English) The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
verse stress, 1752, from Latin ictus "a blow, stroke, thrust," of voices "a beat, impulse, stress," from icere "to strike, hit," related to iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)).
Usage examples of ictus.
She could only repeat her demand, in a cry that reached its ictus in a sob.