(linguistics) The study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech. / (poetry) The study of poetic meter; the patterns of sounds and rhythms in verse.

(Christianity) Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha. / (by extension) Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.

(Britain, US, ethnic slur, dated) A German, particularly a male German.

Alternative spelling of chichling vetch