paroxytonic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroxútonos, “with an acute accent on the next to last syllable”)

Adjective[edit]

paroxytonic (not comparable)

  1. (prosody) Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable

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