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Definition of Syncopic
1. syncope [adj] - See also: syncope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Syncopic
Literary usage of Syncopic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"syncopic, and 2. REMOVED ONES ; both being negative, both being removed positive
... I. syncopic Accents. Syncope (literally, a cutting off, or diminution) ..."
2. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"syncopic, and 2. REMOVED ONES ; both being negative, both being removed ...
syncopic Accents. Syncope (literally, a cutting off, or diminution) means, ..."
3. The Correspondent by James Wood Davidson (1886)
"There are two other forms, both bad ; to wit, Cha's, having the syncopic apostrophe
only, and Cha's., having both the .apostrophe and the period. ..."
4. Music (1893)
"Syncopation, however, as a divergency in musical construction, will only appear
clearly organic when a non-syncopic form brings it to the fore by direct ..."
5. Chapters on English Printing, Prosody, and Pronunciation (1550-1700) by Bastiaan Adriaan Pieter van Dam, Cornelis Stoffel (1902)
"We pass over a couple of isolated instances of syncopic ... pronunciation having
ousted the syncopic one in educated use? No doubt it was the schoolmaster ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[< syncope + -ic.] Pertaining to or of the nature of syncope. The local syncopic
and asphyxia! stages were usually well defined. Lancet, 1889, I. 841. ..."
7. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"syncopic, and 2. REMOVED ONES ; both being negative, both being removed positive
... I. syncopic Accents. Syncope (literally, a cutting off, or diminution) ..."
8. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"syncopic, and 2. REMOVED ONES ; both being negative, both being removed ...
syncopic Accents. Syncope (literally, a cutting off, or diminution) means, ..."
9. The Correspondent by James Wood Davidson (1886)
"There are two other forms, both bad ; to wit, Cha's, having the syncopic apostrophe
only, and Cha's., having both the .apostrophe and the period. ..."
10. Music (1893)
"Syncopation, however, as a divergency in musical construction, will only appear
clearly organic when a non-syncopic form brings it to the fore by direct ..."
11. Chapters on English Printing, Prosody, and Pronunciation (1550-1700) by Bastiaan Adriaan Pieter van Dam, Cornelis Stoffel (1902)
"We pass over a couple of isolated instances of syncopic ... pronunciation having
ousted the syncopic one in educated use? No doubt it was the schoolmaster ..."
12. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[< syncope + -ic.] Pertaining to or of the nature of syncope. The local syncopic
and asphyxia! stages were usually well defined. Lancet, 1889, I. 841. ..."
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