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| ox·y·tone [ óksi tn ] |
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1. with stress on final syllable: describes a word with the stress on the final syllable
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2. with acute accent on last syllable: describes a classical Greek word with an acute accent on the final syllable
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noun (plural ox·y·tones) |
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word stressed on final syllable: an oxytone word or syllable
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| [Mid-18th century. < Greek oxutonos "sharp pitch" < tonos "pitch, force"] |
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