Associations to the word «Paroxytone»
Wiktionary
PAROXYTONE, adjective. (of a word, especially an Ancient Greek word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
PAROXYTONE, noun. A paroxytone word.
Dictionary definition
PAROXYTONE, noun. Word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.