Definition of "paroxytone" [par•ox•y•tone]

• Having an acute accent on the next to last syllable. Used of some words in Greek and certain Romance languages, such as French and Portuguese. (adjective)
• A paroxytone word. (noun)

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• "I suspect that ειθε is paroxytone and γενοιμην is properispomenon but those are total guesses."
• "And all hearts were touched and turned to her voice, shining like a young star, shining clearer as the voice intoned the pro-paroxytone and more faintly as the cadence died."
• "In both these sequences the end of all the strophes is paroxytone."