oxytone
/ˈɒksɪtəʊn
/adjective
(Especially in ancient Greek) having an acute accent on the last syllable. Compare with paroxytone.The general rhythm of the language clips seems to show a preference for oxytone words....
- This development was perhaps posterior to the substitution of the pronominal ending in the oxytone neuter o-stems because the latter did not affect the u-stems.
noun
A word having an acute accent on the last syllable.There are also a good many cases in which the French name ends in a weak e and would produce an oxytone....
- A word bearing the acute upon the ultima is known as an oxytone, one with the acute upon the penult as a paroxytone, one with the acute upon the antepenult as a proparoxytone.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from Greek oxutonos, from oxus 'sharp' + tonos 'tone'.