accentual adjective ac·cen·tu·al \ ak-ˈsen(t)-sh(ə-)wəl , ik- \ Trending Now: More Trending: lowlife kakistocracy slimeball salacious oligarch SEE ALL See What's Trending Now See More Trending Words What's Trending Now More Trending Words lowlife 'a person of low moral character' kakistocracy 'government by the worst people' slimeball 'a morally repulsive or odious person' salacious 'arousing or appealing to sexual desire' oligarch 'government in which a small group exercises control' SEE ALL Time Traveler! Explore the year a word first appeared Definition of accentual : of, relating to, or characterized by accent; specifically : based on accent rather than on quantity or syllabic recurrence accentual poetry — accentually adverb Origin and Etymology of accentual borrowed from New Latin accentuālis, from Latin accentus 1accent + -ālis 1-al NEW! Time Traveler First Known Use: 1610 See Words from the same year Learn More about accentual See words that rhyme with accentual Seen and Heard What made you want to look up accentual? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible). show hide