Definition of Oxitone
Ox"y*tone (?), a. [Gr. &?;&?;&?;;
&?;&?;&?; sharp + &?;&?;&?; tone.] Having an acute sound;
(Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last
syllable.
Ox"y*tone, n. 1.
An acute sound.
2. (Gr. Gram.) A word having the acute
accent on the last syllable.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (linguistics) Pertaining to a word with stress on the last syllable
- Pertaining to a word with an acute accent on the last syllable
- (linguistics) A word with stress on the last syllable
- A word with an acute accent on the last syllable
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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