paroxytonizev.
/pəˈrɒksᵻtn̩ʌɪz/, /pəˈrɒksᵻtənʌɪz/, U.S. /pəˈrɑksətnˌaɪz/, /pəˈrɑksədənˌaɪz/ rare.
transitive. To make a (word) paroxytonic; to pronounce or write with the stress on the penultimate syllable. Cf. paroxytone v.
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paroxytone1890
paroxytonize1904
1904 N.E.D. at Paroxytone a. and sb. Paroxytonize, to accent on the penultimate syllable.
1930 Language 6 74 In Greek compounded nomina agentis are oxytonized and nomina actionis are paroxytonized.
Derivatives
paˌroxytoniˈzation n. [compare French paroxytonaison paroxytonization (1908)] rare
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > intonation, pitch, or stress > [noun] > accent > stress accent > specific
rhetorical accent1728
suppression1751
recession1855
thought accent1897
stress maximum1908
fall-rise1921
promotion1956
paroxytonization1973
1973 A. H. Sommerstein Sound Pattern Anc. Greek v. 177 This rule..changes all properispomenon words ending in -ks to paroxytones: (221) Paroxytonization. [+sharp] → [−falling]/——C0Vks[+WB.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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