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Oxytone

Oxytone Meaning & Definition
Oxytone Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Oxytone?

[n] word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

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Oxytone In Webster's Dictionary

\Ox"y*tone\, a. [Gr. ???; ??? sharp + ??? tone.] Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.
\Ox"y*tone\, n. 1. An acute sound. 2. (Gr. Gram.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.

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