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Oxytone

Part of speech: adjective

Sense: Describes a word or word-form that has stress on the last syllable.

Usage: In linguistics, an oxytone word is contrasted with a paroxytone word, which has stress on the second-to-last syllable.

Example Sentences:

1. She pronounced the oxytone word "coffee" with emphasis on the last syllable: "cof-FEE".
2. "Today" is an oxytone word because it has stress on the last syllable.
3. The word "enjoy" is an oxytone verb in English.

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