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posttonic

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[pohst-ton-ik] / poʊstˈtɒn ɪk /

adjective

  1. immediately following a stressed syllable.

    a posttonic syllable; a posttonic vowel.


Etymology

Origin of posttonic

First recorded in 1880–85

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