Proparoxytone

2 definitions found

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

  Proparoxytone \Pro`par*ox"y*tone\, n. [Gr. ?. See {Pro-}, and
     {Paroxytone}.] (Gr. Gram.)
     A word which has the acute accent on the antepenult.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  proparoxytone
       n : word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult