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paroxytone

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Adjective, Noun
 : 
par=ox=y=tone

CIDE DICTIONARY

paroxytonen. [Gr. , a. See Para-, and Oxytone.].
     A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

paroxytone, adj. & n.
--adj. (esp. in ancient Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable but one.
--n. a word of this kind.

Etymology
mod.L f. Gk paroxutonos (as PARA-(1), OXYTONE)

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