propreantepenultimate

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English

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    Cardinal: five
    Ordinal: fifth
    Abbreviated ordinal: 5th
    Latinate ordinal: quintary, quinary
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: propreantepenultimate
    Adverbial: five times
    Multiplier: fivefold
    Latinate multiplier: quintuple
    Distributive: quintuply
    Germanic collective: fivesome
    Collective of n parts: quintuplet, pentuplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: pentad
    Greek collective prefix: penta-
    Latinate collective prefix: quinque-
    Fractional: fifth
    Elemental: quintuplet, pentuplet
    Number of musicians: quintet
    Number of years: quinquennium, lustrum

Etymology

First attested in 1825; formed as pro- +‎ preantepenultimate; compare the later propreantepenult (1893).

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Adjective

propreantepenultimate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) The last syllable but four (of a word or other utterance).
    The word minimalism is stressed on its propreantepenultimate syllable.
    • 1825, Samuel Oliver, A General, Critical Grammar of the Inglish Language, pages 269⁽¹⁾ and 270⁽²⁾
      ⁽¹⁾ In its minute divisions, accent is ultimate, penultimate, antepenultimate, preantepenultimate, propreantepenultimate.
      ⁽²⁾ The propreantepenultimate accent is the accent on the last syllable but four.

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