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单词 proparoxytonous
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proparoxytonousadj.

Brit. /ˌprəʊpərɒkˈsɪtənəs/, /ˌprəʊpərɒkˈsɪtn̩əs/, U.S. /ˈˌproʊpəˌrɑkˈsɪtn̩əs/, /ˈˌproʊpəˌrɑkˈsɪdənəs/
Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin proparoxytonus , -ous suffix; Greek προπαροξύτονος , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin proparoxytonus (5th cent.) or its etymon Hellenistic Greek προπαροξύτονος having an acute accent on the antepenultimate syllable + -ous suffix. Compare slightly later proparoxytone adj.
Linguistics and Phonetics. rare.
= proparoxytonic adj.
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1754 H. Gally Diss. pronouncing Greek Lang. 143 All the Compounds of οικος are proparoxytonous.
1972 A. Scaglione Classical Theory of Composition ii. 116 There are several schools of writing which differ among themselves in this respect, such as the one of Orléans (which relies on regular successions of units made of one proparoxytonous and one paroxytonous word—a dactyl plus a spondee).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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