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Definition of: paroxytone
(par·ok′sə·tōn) adjective
Having the acute accent on the penultimate syllable.
—noun A word thus accented, as ly′kos. [<NL paroxytonus <Gk. paroxytonos <para- beside, past + oxytonos OXYTONE]
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