Oxytone

3 definitions found

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

  Oxytone \Ox"y*tone\, a. [Gr. ???; 'oxy`s sharp + ??? tone.]
     Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on
     the last syllable.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Oxytone \Ox"y*tone\, n.
     1. An acute sound.
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     2. (Gr. Gram.) A word having the acute accent on the last
        syllable.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oxytone
       n : word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable