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| pro·par·ox·y·tone [ prpə róksə tn ] |
noun (plural pro·par·ox·y·tones) |
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word with acute on third-last syllable: in classical Greek grammar, a word that has an acute accent on the third syllable from the end
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adjective |
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with acute on third-last syllable: describes a word that has an acute accent on the third syllable from the end
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| [Mid-18th century. < Greek proparoxutonos< oxutonos "having an acute accent"] |
