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Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllableSee Also: oxytonic, paroxytone
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paroxytone — paroxytonic /par ok si ton ik, peuh rok /, adj. /peuh rok si tohn /, Class. Gk. Gram. adj. 1. having an acute accent on the next to the last syllable. n. 2. a paroxytone word. [1755 65; < NL paroxytonus < Gk paroxýtonos. See PAR , OXYTONE] * * * … Universalium
oxytonic — adjective Having a stress on the last syllable See Also: paroxytonic … Wiktionary
