Oxytone Definition

ŏksĭ-tōn
adjective
Having an acute accent on the last syllable.
Webster's New World
Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress accent on its last syllable.
American Heritage
noun
An oxytone word.
Webster's New World
A word having the stress or the acute accent on the last syllable.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Oxytone

Noun

Singular:
oxytone
Plural:
oxytones

Origin of Oxytone

  • Greek oxutonos oxus sharp ak- in Indo-European roots tonos tone tone

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ὀξύτονος (oksutonos).

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

OOXOXY

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oxytone

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