paroxytonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to words whose stress falls on the penultimate syllable

Word forms

paroxytonic

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek παροξύτονος (paroxútonos, “with an acute accent on the next to last syllable”)

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