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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne