Orthotone

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Orthotone \Or"tho*tone\, a. [Ortho- + Gr. ? tone, accent.] (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.
     [1913 Webster] Orthotropal