What is "oxytone"

Oxytone \Ox"y*tone\, a. [Gr. ???; 'oxy`s sharp + ??? tone.] Having an acute sound; (Gr. Gram.), having an acute accent on the last syllable.

Oxytone \Ox"y*tone\, n.

1. An acute sound.

2. (Gr. Gram.) A word having the acute accent on the last syllable.

a. (context linguistics of a word English) Having the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable. n. (context linguistics English) A word with the stress or an acute accent on the last syllable.

n. word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

An oxytone (; from the , oxýtonos) is a word with the stress on the last syllable, such as the English words correct and reward. A paroxytone is stressed on the penultimate (second last) syllable. A proparoxytone is stressed on the antepenultimate (third last) syllable.