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adj. pertaining to a word in any language, originally in ancient Greek, with the stress (or an acute accent) on the antepenultimate syllable.

n. a proparoxytone word

n. A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.

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.

In Greek grammar, a word which has the acute accent on the antepenultimate.

In Greek grammar, to write or pronounce (a word) with the acute accent on the antepenultimate.

n. word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult

"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."

word    barytone   

barytone    oxytone    paroxytone