dysprosody

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noun

A disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.

OriginEnglish prosody ← Middle French prosodie ← Latin prosōdia →
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Meanings

noundysprosody (countable and uncountable, plural dysprosodies)

plural dysprosodies

  1. countableuncountableA disorder in which one or more of the prosodic functions of speech are compromised or eliminated completely.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dews-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dus-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*dus-
  4. Ancient Greekδυσ- (dus-)
  5. New Latindys-
  6. Englishdys-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  10. Proto-Indo-European*próti, *préti
  11. Ancient Greekπρός (prós)
  12. Proto-Hellenic*awéidō
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓είδω (ăeídō)
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓οιδή (ăoidḗ)
  15. Ancient Greekᾠδή (ōidḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekπροσῳδῐ́ᾱ (prosōidĭ́ā)
  17. Latinprosōdia
  18. Middle Frenchprosodie
  19. Englishprosody
  20. Englishdysprosody

From dys- + prosody.

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APA

dysprosody. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysprosody

MLA

“dysprosody.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysprosody. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dysprosody,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dysprosody.

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