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Noun.

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pl.

Perispomena

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[NL., from Gr. [GREEK], pr. pass. p. of [GREEK] to draw around, to circumflex;

περί

around + [GREEK] to draw.]

(Gr. Gram.)

A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.

Goodwin.

perispomenon ‎(plural perispomena)

(grammar) A word with a circumflex accent on the last syllable.
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word with a circumflex accent on the last syllable

‘perispo·menon’ s.v. “Perispome, a. and sb.” on page 704/3 of volume VII (O–P, ed. James Augustus Henry Murray, 1908) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1st ed.)