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oxytone
ox·y·tone O0209300 (ŏk′sĭ-tōn′)adj.1. Relating to or being a Greek word that has an acute accent on its last syllable.2. Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress accent on its last syllable.n. A word having the stress or the acute accent on the last syllable.
[Greek oxutonos : oxus, sharp; see ak- in Indo-European roots + tonos, tone; see tone.]oxytone (ˈɒksɪˌtəʊn) adj (Phonetics & Phonology) (of a word) having an accent on the final syllablen (Phonetics & Phonology) an oxytone word[C18: from Greek oxytonos, from oxus sharp + tonos tone]ox•y•tone (ˈɒk sɪˌtoʊn)
adj. 1. (of a word in Classical Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable. n. 2. an oxytone word. [1755–65; < Greek oxýtonos sharp-toned. See oxy-1, tone] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | oxytone - word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllableword - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
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