paroxytonic

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English

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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paroxytonic (not comparable)

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