| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
barytone2 (ˈbærɪˌtəʊn) ![]() | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having the last syllable unaccented |
| —n | |
| 2. | Compare oxytone a word in which the last syllable is unaccented |
| [C19: from Greek barutonos heavy-sounding, from barus heavy + tonos | |