Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Retaining or acquiring an accent in certain positions or combinations, but unaccentedin others: especially noting proclitics and enclitics when accented.
- noun A word or form, usually enclitic or proclitic, when exceptionally retaining or acquiring an accent.
- To accent (a word usually unaccented).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Gr. Gram.) Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective grammar Retaining the
accent ; notenclitic ; said of certainindefinite pronouns andadverbs when usedinterrogatively , which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.
Etymologies
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ortho- + Ancient Greek for "tone, accent".
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