gravo-acute accent /ˌɡɹɑːvəʊəˈkjuːt ˈæksənt/ noun1 •(no longer used, rare) A dipping tone, or the diacritic that denotes it, similar in form to the breve (˘) and the háček (ˇ).( ˘ ) Gravo-acute accent, or gravo-acute circumflex. — 1841