PAROXYTONE

paroxytone

(noun) word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

paroxytone (not comparable)

(of a word, especially an Ancient Greek word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.

Noun

paroxytone (plural paroxytones)

A paroxytone word.

Hypernyms

• barytone

Source: Wiktionary

Par*ox"y*tone, n. Etym: [Gr. a. See Para-, and Oxytone.] (Gr. Gram.)

Definition: A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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