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oxytonize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oxy-tonize
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make a word oxytone by dropping the main stress on the final syllable

Etymology

From oxytone + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

oxytonizes (present, singular) oxytonizing (participle, present) oxytonized (participle, past) oxytonized (past)

Questions

What does oxytonize mean?
To make a word oxytone by dropping the main stress on the final syllable
Where does oxytonize come from?
From oxytone + -ize.

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