scansion
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scansion
- /ˈskæn.ʃən/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Late Latin scansiōnem, accusative singular of scansiō (“the act of climbing”), from scandō (“to climb”).
noun scansions
- The rhythm or meter of a line or verse.
- The act of analyzing the meter of poetry.
verb scansions · scansioning · scansioned
- Of text, to put into a rhythmic form or meter. Many of my doggerels are scansioned from letters I've written to these children while they were incarcerated in those warehouses for the minority nuisance, laughingly called correctional facilities.
- To impose patterns on. The fine zigzag and diagonal interweavings, the nuances of varying intervals between the scansioned dots, show the enormous time and effort Polke invested in his complex, manual transfer method.
Translations
Talk about this word "scansion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scansion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. scansion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scansion "scansion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scansion.Cite this
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title = {scansion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scansion},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
