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Meaning of PAROXYTONE

Pronunciation:  pu'râksi`town

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable
 
 See Also: word

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Par*ox"y*tone\, n. [Gr. ?, a. See {Para-}, and
{Oxytone}.] (Gr. Gram.)
A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
 

 

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