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paroxytone

Adjective, Noun

par=ox=y=tone

WORDNET DICTIONARY

paroxytone(n = noun.communication) - word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable;

paroxytone, n. [Gr. , a. See Para-, and Oxytone.].

A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. [1913 Webster]

paroxytone, adj. & n.
--adj. (esp. in ancient Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable but one.
--n. a word of this kind.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk paroxutonos (as PARA-(1), OXYTONE)