nonictus

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English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ ictus.

Noun

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nonictus (countable and uncountable, plural nonictus or nonictuses)

  1. The absence of ictus.
    • 2014, Paul Kiparsky, Gilbert Youmans, Rhythm and Meter, →ISBN, page 149:
      The strong (ictic) positions in the English iamb are predominantly stressed, the weak (nonictic) positions are predominantly unstressed; that is, the mean ratio of missing ictic stresses and of stressed syllables on nonictuses may reach 25%, ...

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