English Explanatory Dictionary

agogic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Accentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
noun
  1. An accent that accentuates a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.

Word forms

agogic more agogic most agogic agogics

Etymology

Apparently from German Agoge (“tempo”), from Ancient Greek ἀγωγή (agōgḗ, “carrying, leading, reduplicated formation; tempo”), + -ic, after German agogisch. By surface analysis, agoge + -ic.

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