proparoxytone

proparoxytone
proparoxytonic /proh'pa rok'si ton"ik/, adj.
/proh'pa rok"si tohn'/, Class. Gk. Gram.
adj.
1. having an accent or heavy stress on the antepenultimate syllable.
n.
2. a proparoxytone word.
[1755-65; < Gk proparoxýtonos. See PRO-2, PAROXYTONE]

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