Paroxytone

[pæ'rɒksitәun]

Definition

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

Editor: Maris--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Edited by Blair

Definition

adj. having the acute accent on the last syllable but one.—n. a word with an acute accent on the second last syllable.—v.t. to accent a word in this way.

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