paroxytone
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paroxytone /pəˈrɒksɪtəʊn/
▶noun a word with an acute accent on the last syllable but one, especially in ancient Greek.
– origin C18: from mod. L. paroxytonus (adj.), from Gk paroxutonos, from para- ‘alongside’ + oxutonos ‘sharp pitch’.
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