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Webster 1913 Edition


Orthotone

Or′tho-tone

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Adj.
[
Ortho-
+ Gr. [GREEK] tone, accent.]
(Gr. Gram.)
Retaining the accent; not enclitic; – said of certain indefinite pronouns and adverbs when used interrogatively, which, when not so used, are ordinarilly enclitic.