atonicity

Variant of atonic

adjective

  1. caused or characterized by atony
  2. unaccented: said of a word or syllable

Origin: Fr atonique < Gr atonia (see atony + Fr -ique, -ic

noun

an unaccented syllable or word

Origin: < a- + Gr tonos, accent, pitch; see tone

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