Acuted

Quick meaning: Acuted is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of acute.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of acute.

More Meanings

1. (linguistics, possessional) Of a written word: exhibiting acute accent.
2. (linguistics) Of a pronounced word: exhibiting a language-specific type of pitch accent or tone characterized by an acute accent mark in the respective language transcription or orthography.

Example Sentences

I do not suppose the Greeks altered the letters in exactly the same way, but rather that their acuted οί inclined toward the modern sound, or that the Ο was attenuated or altogether lost in it. The diphthong in unaccented syllables probably resembled the acuted rather than the circumflex; for before an enclitic it can only assume the acute accent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include acute, aculeated, keen, hyperacute, hyperarticulated, superacute.

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