paroxytone (paroksiton)

and n. [ παροξύτονος, with the acute accent on the penultima, II. n. In Gr. gram ., a word which has an acute accent on the penultimate syllable. Not a few paroxytones with short ultima, which likewise end with a middle tone. J. Hadley, E ays, p. 123. paroxytone (par-ok'si-ton), v. t.; pret. and pp. paroxytoned, ppr. par oxy toning. [ As regards the tonic accent and the treatment of the vowels which come after it, Castilian may be said to be e entially a paroxytonic language. Encyc . Brit ., XXII. 349.