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Meaning of PROPAROXYTONE

Pronunciation:  `prowpa'râksi`town

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pro`par*ox"y*tone\, n. [Gr. ?. See {Pro-}, and
{Paroxytone}.] (Gr. Gram.)
A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.
 

 

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