lilt
noun
[ lɪlt ]
• a characteristic rising and falling of the voice when speaking; a pleasant gentle accent.
• "he spoke with a faint but recognizable Irish lilt"
Similar:
cadence,
rise and fall,
inflection,
intonation,
upswing,
emphasis,
stress,
rhythm,
swing,
sway,
beat,
pulse,
measure,
metre,
tempo,
lilt
verb
• speak, sing, or sound with a lilt.
• "the music lilted and swaggered in a dance rhythm"
Origin:
late Middle English lulte (in the senses ‘sound an alarm’ or ‘lift up the voice’), of unknown origin.
