antepaenultimate

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English

Adjective

antepaenultimate (not comparable)

Rare spelling of antepenultimate.
- 1894, Transactions of the Philological Society, page 415:
  The Latin accent attaches itself to the long paenultimate or antepaenultimate syllable of a word.
- 1997 April 17th, Marianne Ahrne, rec.gardens.roses, “Re: Unusual colors”, (see the original message)
  In Greek the main stress falls on the antepaenultimate syllable, in French on the last syllable.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:antepaenultimate.

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