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Definition of Oxytone
1. Noun. Word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.
Definition of Oxytone
1. a. Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.
2. n. An acute sound.
Definition of Oxytone
1. Adjective. (linguistics) Pertaining to a word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oxytone
1. a word having heavy stress on the last syllable [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxytone
Literary usage of Oxytone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grammar of the Greek Language: For Use of Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Crosby (1871)
"795. In composition, there is a general tendency to recessive accent. But, — (a)
Compound adjectives in -i)s are more frequently oxytone : as, ..."
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