Usually means: Stressed on the penultimate syllable.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word paroxytone:

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  1. paroxytone: Merriam-Webster
  2. paroxytone: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paroxytone: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. paroxytone: Collins English Dictionary
  5. paroxytone: Vocabulary.com
  6. paroxytone: Wordnik
  7. paroxytone: Wiktionary
  8. paroxytone: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. paroxytone: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Paroxytone, paroxytone: Dictionary.com
  11. Paroxytone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Paroxytone: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. paroxytone: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. paroxytone: Rhymezone
  15. Paroxytone: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. paroxytone: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  17. paroxytone: FreeDictionary.org
  18. paroxytone: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. paroxytone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. paroxytone: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See paroxytones as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paroxytone)

▸ adjective:  (linguistics, of a word) Having the stress or accent on the penultimate syllable.
▸ noun:  (linguistics) A paroxytone word.

Similar:
paroxytonic, proparoxytone, proparoxytonic, paroxytoned, perispomenon, properispomenon, apocopic, prototonic, posttonic, properispomenal, more...

Opposite:
oxytone, proparoxytone, barytone

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Similar:
paroxytonic, proparoxytone, proparoxytonic, paroxytoned, perispomenon, properispomenon, apocopic, prototonic, posttonic, properispomenal, more...

Opposite:
oxytone, proparoxytone, barytone



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