proparoxytone

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And all hearts were touched and turned to her voice, shining like a young star, shining clearer as the voice intoned the proparoxytone and more faintly as the cadence died.

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  1. In Greek grammar, having or characterized by the acute accent on the antepenultimate: sometimes applied to words in English and other languages to signify that they have the tonic accent on the antepenultimate.
  2. In Greek grammar, a word which has the acute accent on the antepenultimate.
  3. In Greek grammar, to write or pronounce (a word) with the acute accent on the antepenultimate.

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  • And all hearts were touched and turned to her voice, shining like a young star, shining clearer as the voice intoned the proparoxytone and more faintly as the cadence died. —  A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
 

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  1. from Greek προπαροξύτονος (see def.), from πρό, before, + παροξύτονος, paroxytone: see paroxytone.
  2. from Greek προπαροξυτονεῖν, from προπαροξύτονος, proparoxytone: see proparoxytone, adjective
 

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