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nonictuses

nonictuses is the plural of nonictus.

Meaning of nonictus

Noun

nonictus (countable and uncountable, plural nonictus or nonictuses)

  1. The absence of ictus.
    • 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%, ...2014, Paul Kiparsky, Gilbert Youmans, Rhythm and Meter, →ISBN, page 149

Questions about nonictuses

What is nonictuses the plural of?
Nonictuses is the plural of nonictus.

Words near nonictuses in the dictionary

  1. noniconic
  2. noniconoclastic
  3. nonicosahedral
  4. nonicteric
  5. nonictus
  6. nonictuses
  7. nonidea
  8. nonideal
  9. nonideal gas
  10. nonideal gases
  11. nonidealist

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