Proparoxytone
/pɹəʊpəˈɹɒksɪtəʊn/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A proparoxytone word.
- 2 word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Having the stress or accent on the antepenultimate syllable. not-comparable
Antonyms
All antonymsEtymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek προπᾰροξῠ́τονος (propăroxŭ́tonos).
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