atonic

& 8. [Gr. ἄτονος ( atonos ) = not stretched or strained; relaxed.] [ATONY.] A. As adjective: 1. Med .: Pertaining to atony; having no tone in the system. 2. Gram.: Not having an accent. B. As substantive (Gram.): A word not having an accent. a-ton-ing, pr. par. & a. [ATONE.] "With an atoning smile a more than earthly crown." Byron: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, iv. 83. Port, atonia ; Gr. ἀτονία ( atonia ) = slackne , enervation; ἀτονέω ( atoneō ) = to be relaxed or languid: a, priv., and τονόω ( to noō ) or τονέω (toneō) = to stretch, strain, brace up; τόνος (tonos) that by which anything is braced up; a rope; the sinews; the tone on a word: τείνω (teino) = to stretch.] Med.: Want of tone in the system. a-top', adv. [Eng. a; top. ] On the top, at the top. "What is extracted by water from coffee is the oil, which often swims atop of the decoction."- Arbuth not: Aliments.