paroxytonic

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

paroxytonic (not comparable)

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

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