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PAROXYTONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paroxytone mean? 

PAROXYTONE (noun)
  The noun PAROXYTONE has 1 sense:

1. word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllableplay

  Familiarity information: PAROXYTONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PAROXYTONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paroxytone" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)


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