Paroxytone

//pəˈɹɒk.sɪˌtəʊn// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A paroxytone word.
  2. 2
    word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable. not-comparable

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πᾰροξῠ́τονος (păroxŭ́tonos, “paroxytone”).

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