Paroxytone
/pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A paroxytone word.
- 2 word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. not-comparable
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).
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