proparoxytone

American  

[proh-pa-rok-si-tohn] / ˌproʊ pæˈrɒk sɪˌtoʊn /

adjective

1. having an accent or heavy stress on the antepenultimate syllable.

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noun

1. a proparoxytone word.

proparoxytone British  

/ ˌprəʊpəˈrɒksɪˌtəʊn /

adjective

1. (in Ancient Greek) of, relating to, or denoting words having an acute accent on the third syllable from the end

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noun

1. a proparoxytone word

Other Word Forms

• proparoxytonic adjective

Etymology

Origin of proparoxytone

From the Greek word proparoxýtonos, dating back to 1755–65. See pro- ², paroxytone

Example Sentences

As compared with Italian and Spanish, it may be noted that the Provençal has no proparoxytone words, and hence a whole class of words is brought into the two categories possible in Provençal.

From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred

It was probably for similar aesthetic considerations that he soon altered the barbaric Rotterdammensis to Roterdamus, later Roterodamus, which he perhaps accentuated as a proparoxytone.

From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Huizinga, Johan

And all hearts were touched and turned to her voice, shining like a young star, shining clearer as the voice intoned the proparoxytone and more faintly as the cadence died.

From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James