oxytonousadj.

Brit.

/ɒkˈsɪtənəs/, U.S.

/ɑkˈsɪdənəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀξύτονος , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀξύτονος sharp-sounding, piercing, in Hellenistic Greek also having an acute accent (see oxytone adj.) + -ous suffix. With sense 2 compare oxytone adj.

†1. Sharp-sounding, piercing; (of a voice) treble. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective]

shillOE

brightOE

shrillc1386

sharp1390

keena1400

shirl1418

piercingc1425

acute1504

shrillish1583

shrilly1594

ear-piercinga1616

sonable1623

oxytonous1653

argute1719

snellc1730

chanticleering1786

criard1840

squealing1879

shrilled1880

bird-high1920

bleaty1925

stainless steel1963

1653 H. Moseley in Ld. Brouncker tr. R. Descartes Excellent Compend. Musick To Rdr., sig. b1 A Metallist; to explore the different Contemperations of Barytonous and Oxytonous, or Grave and Acute toned Metalls, on order to the Casting of tuneable Bells, for Chimes, &c.

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. vi. 232 Problem 6. Why is a Dissonance more easily discovered by the ear, in a Barytonous, or Base Voyce, or Tone, than in an Oxytonous or Treble? Solut. Because the Barytonous voyce is of a slow Motion, and the Oxytonous of a swift: and the sence doth ever deprehend that object whose apparence is more durable.

2. = oxytone adj. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > pitch accent > oxytone

oxytonous1796

oxytone1840

oxytonical1875

oxytonic1878

1796 S. Horsley On Prosodies Greek & Lat. Lang. 97 The oxyton ἐστὶ became a paroxyton in certain situations; and the same thing happened to most of the oxytonous prepositions.

1820 J. Booth Lexicon Primitive Words Greek Lang. Errata Let the young reader bear in mind, that the grave accent..should never appear upon any syllable except the last; and only upon that in Oxytonous words, where it is put instead of, and stands for the acute.

1878 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Apr. 268 The subjunctive forms (ikitoyan and izhichigeyan) and their contrast with the shorter and oxytonous imperative (izhichigen) is much better echoed, so to say, by the equally exact..Latin translation.

1986 P. Siptár tr. P. Stepanović Taxon. Descr. Dial. Serbs & Croats Hungary vi. 70 Ivić claims..that the ~a ending exhaustively occurs in oxytonous feminine nouns.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oxytonous
释义	oxytonousadj. Brit. /ɒkˈsɪtənəs/, U.S. /ɑkˈsɪdənəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ὀξύτονος , -ous suffix. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀξύτονος sharp-sounding, piercing, in Hellenistic Greek also having an acute accent (see oxytone adj.) + -ous suffix. With sense 2 compare oxytone adj. †1. Sharp-sounding, piercing; (of a voice) treble. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > unpleasant quality > shrill quality > [adjective] shillOE brightOE shrillc1386 sharp1390 keena1400 shirl1418 piercingc1425 acute1504 shrillish1583 shrilly1594 ear-piercinga1616 sonable1623 oxytonous1653 argute1719 snellc1730 chanticleering1786 criard1840 squealing1879 shrilled1880 bird-high1920 bleaty1925 stainless steel1963 1653 H. Moseley in Ld. Brouncker tr. R. Descartes Excellent Compend. Musick To Rdr., sig. b1 A Metallist; to explore the different Contemperations of Barytonous and Oxytonous, or Grave and Acute toned Metalls, on order to the Casting of tuneable Bells, for Chimes, &c. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana iii. vi. 232 Problem 6. Why is a Dissonance more easily discovered by the ear, in a Barytonous, or Base Voyce, or Tone, than in an Oxytonous or Treble? Solut. Because the Barytonous voyce is of a slow Motion, and the Oxytonous of a swift: and the sence doth ever deprehend that object whose apparence is more durable. 2. = oxytone adj. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [adjective] > accent > pitch accent > oxytone oxytonous1796 oxytone1840 oxytonical1875 oxytonic1878 1796 S. Horsley On Prosodies Greek & Lat. Lang. 97 The oxyton ἐστὶ became a paroxyton in certain situations; and the same thing happened to most of the oxytonous prepositions. 1820 J. Booth Lexicon Primitive Words Greek Lang. Errata Let the young reader bear in mind, that the grave accent..should never appear upon any syllable except the last; and only upon that in Oxytonous words, where it is put instead of, and stands for the acute. 1878 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. Apr. 268 The subjunctive forms (ikitoyan and izhichigeyan) and their contrast with the shorter and oxytonous imperative (izhichigen) is much better echoed, so to say, by the equally exact..Latin translation. 1986 P. Siptár tr. P. Stepanović Taxon. Descr. Dial. Serbs & Croats Hungary vi. 70 Ivić claims..that the ~a ending exhaustively occurs in oxytonous feminine nouns. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1653
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