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Definition of: proparoxytone
(prō′pə·rok′sə·tōn) adjective
Having an acute accent on the antepenult.
—noun A word with an acute accent on the antepenult. [<Gk. proparoxytonos <pro- before + paroxytonos paroxytone]
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