Definition of Prosodist

1. n. One skilled in prosody.

Definition of Prosodist

1. Noun. A person involved with prosody. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prosodist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prosodist

prosocoele
prosocoeles
prosodiacal
prosodiacally
prosodial
prosodian
prosodians
prosodic
prosodic system
prosodical
prosodically
prosodies
prosodification
prosodifications
prosodion
prosodist (current term)
prosodists
prosody
prosoma
prosomal
prosomas
prosomata
prosopagnosia
prosopagnosic
prosopagnosics
prosopalgia
prosopalgias
prosopamnesia
prosophylline
prosopographic

Literary usage of Prosodist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetry of the Future by James Wood Davidson (1888)
"prosodist A tells us that these " dactyls " are to be scanned thus: " Know ye the I land where the | cypress and | myrtle;" where he stops long enough to ..."

2. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1914)
"On the other hand, Tyrwhitt, in his justly famous edition of Chaucer, showed himself a real prosodist and, early as it was, came to very sound conclusions ..."

3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1908)
"You cannot have two better examples of a prosodist in his right mind and a prosodist out of it than Tyrwhitt and Steele. Tyrwhitt himself still did not know ..."

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