Proparoxytone

[,prәupә'rɒksitәun]

(noun.) word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult.

Editor: Vicky--From WordNet

(n.) A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

Typed by Ernestine

adj. having the acute accent on the antepenultimate or third last syllable.—n. a word having the acute accent on the antepenultimate.

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