barytone

American  

[bar-i-tohn] / ˈbær ɪˌtoʊn /

adjective

1. having the last syllable unaccented.

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noun

1. a barytone word.

barytone ¹ British  

/ ˈbærɪˌtəʊn /

adjective

1. having the last syllable unaccented

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noun

1. a word in which the last syllable is unaccented Compare oxytone

barytone ² British  

/ ˈbærɪˌtəʊn /

noun

1. a less common spelling of baritone

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Etymology

Origin of barytone

1820–30; < Greek barýtonos, equivalent to barý ( s ) heavy, deep (of sound) + tónos tone

Example Sentences

Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, barytone opera singer and cinema star; by Grace Mackay Tibbett; in Reno.

From Time Magazine Archive

His voice, a heavy barytone, or rendered a little heavier than usual by a slight hoarseness contracted in previous speaking, could be distinctly heard in that historic but most wretched of auditoriums.

From The Upward Path A Reader For Colored Children by Various

A private of the Munsters was weaving a net, and, as though he were quite alone, singing, in a fine barytone, “Tipperary.”

From With the French in France and Salonika by Davis, Richard Harding

Signor Trevisiani, the barytone from Florence, sings something very depressing, with the refrain,-- 'Maladetto sulla terra, Condannato nel ceil sard.'

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

One of the most appealing Canons in modern literature is the setting for soprano and barytone, by Henschel, of the poem Oh that we two were Maying by Charles Kingsley.

From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond