Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable; paroxytone.
- noun A word so accented.
- To accent acutely on the penultimate syllable.
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E long and short, and we can see no cause for’t in equally and equity, in cement, regard, torment, rebell, register, long and short in the same words being Acute when Verbs, and penacute when Nounes.
Magazine, or Animadversions on the English Spelling (1703) G. W.
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