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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
oxytone
 
SYLLABICATION:ox·y·tone
PRONUNCIATION:  ks-tn
ADJECTIVE:1. Relating to or being a Greek word that has an acute accent on its last syllable. 2. Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress accent on its last syllable.
NOUN: A word having the stress or the acute accent on the last syllable.
ETYMOLOGY:Greek oxutonos : oxus, sharp; see ak- in Appendix I + tonos, tone; see tone.
 
 
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