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preantepenultima en · NOUN

Etymology

From pre- + ante- + penultima.

Meanings

  1. The last syllable but three (of a word or other utterance); the fourth-to-last syllable.
    • […] receiving the principal accent on the penultima, the word necessarily takes the secondary accent on the preantepenultima. 1825, Samuel Oliver, A General Critical Grammar of the Inglish Language, page 337: