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Paroxytone

Definition: Paroxytone

Paroxytone

Noun

1. Word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Paroxytone \Par*ox"y*tone\, noun. [from Greek expression, adjective. See Para-, and Oxytone.]. (Websters 1913)

 

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Crosswords: Paroxytone

Etymologies containing "paroxytone": Proparoxytone. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Paroxytone

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Paroxytone is a linguistic term for a word with stress on the penultimate syllable, that is, the syllable before the last syllable. Related terms are proparoxytone (stress on the last one but two) and oxytone (accented on the last one).

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Paroxytone."

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Modern Translations: Paroxytone

Language Translations for "paroxytone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Spanish

  

paroxítono. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

що ма" наголос на передостанньому складі. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Paroxytone"

Words rhyming with "paroxytone" (pronounced 'Par*ox"y*tone'): Acetone, Amphopeptone, Antipeptone, Attone, Axstone, Bilestone, Bluestone, Bondstone, Brownstone, Buhrstone, Cairngormstone, Capstone, Chalkstone, Clingstone, Cobblestone, Cobstone, Copestone, Copplestone, Cross-stone, Crowstone, Croylstone, Curbstone, Demitone, Dibstone, Ditone, Doorstone, Drakestone, Dripstone, Dry-stone, Duotone, Dyspeptone, Eaglestone, Eupittone, Eyestone, Felstone, Firestone, flagstone, Footstone, gallstone, Gladstone, Grapestone, Gravel-stone, gravestone, Greenstone, Grindstone, Gtraystone, hailstone, headstone, hearthstone, Hemiditone, Hemipeptone, Hemitone, Heptone, Hoarstone, Honeystone, hornstone, Inkstone, Irestone, Ironstone, Jackstone, kerbstone, ketone, Keystone, Klinkstone, Knockstone, Lactone, Lapstone, limestone, Macrotone, Mandlestone, marlstone, merestone, Metacetone, Metapeptone, milestone, millstone, monotone, moonstone, Moorstone, Myristone, Needlestone, Orthotone, Overtone, Palmitone, Parapeptone, Pebblestone, Pentone, Peptone, Pipestone, Pitchstone, Proparoxytone, Propeptone, rhinestone, Ringglestone, Rocking-stone, Roestone, Rubblestone, Salamstone, sandstone, Scrubstone, Scythestone, Semiditone, semitone, Sesquitone, Snakestone, Starstone, Stepping-stone, Stepstone, Stumbling-stone, sunstone, Testone, Thunderstone, Tilestone, Tinstone, Toadstone, tombstone, Topstone, touchstone, Tripestone, Tritone, Tryptone, turnstone, undertone, Whetstone, Whinstone, Woodstone, Xylitone. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Paroxytone

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-n-o-o-p-r-t-x-y"

-3 letters: anorexy, apteryx, entropy, operant, oxytone, patroon, pronate, pronota, protean.

-4 letters: aroynt, arpent, atoner, enrapt, enroot, entrap, export, napery, notary, operon, ornate, pantry, parent, parton, patron, peroxy, poetry, pretax, pronto, protea, proton, pyrone, ratoon, tarpon, teapoy, teopan, trepan.

-5 letters: antre, apery, aport, apron, apter, arpen, atone, atony, atopy, axone, entry, epoxy, expat, extra, netop, noter, oaten, oater, onery, opera, orate, oxter, paeon, panto, panty, pareo, party, paten, pater, payer, payor, peart, peaty, peony, porno, porny, prate, prexy, prone, proxy, pyran, rayon, repay, repot, retax, rooty, ropey, taper, taxer, taxon, teary, tenor, tepoy, toner, toney, toper, toyer, toyon, trona, trone, troop, trope, yapon, yearn, yenta.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-n-o-o-p-r-t-x-y"
 

+4 letters: nonexplanatory.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Paroxytone


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 61 72 6F 78 79 74 6F 6E 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-    .-.    ---    -..-    -.--.    -    ---    -.    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01100001 01110010 01101111 01111000 01111001 01110100 01101111 01101110 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#97 &#114 &#111 &#120 &#121 &#116 &#111 &#110 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0061 0072 006F 0078 0079 0074 006F 006E 0065

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50678481909186818071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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