orthotone

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Adjective, Noun
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or=tho=tone

CIDE DICTIONARY

orthotonea. [Ortho- + Gr. tone, accent.].
     Retaining the accent; not enclitic; -- said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

orthotone, adj. & n.
--adj. (of a word) having an independent stress pattern, not enclitic nor proclitic.
--n. a word of this kind.


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