oxytone

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  1. adjective Relating to or being a Greek word that has an acute accent on its last syllable.
  2. adjective Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress accent on its last syllable.
  3. noun A word having the stress or the acute accent on the last syllable.

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  1. Greek oxutonos : oxus, sharp; see ak- in Indo-European roots + tonos, tone; see tone.

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  1. from Greek ὀξύτονος, having the acute accent on the final syllable, from ὀξύς, sharp, acute, + τόνος, accent: see tone.
  2. from oxytone, adjective
 

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/ˈɑksɪtoʊn/
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