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propreantepenult en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌpɹəʊpɹiːˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/ (UK)
  • /ˌpɹəʊpɹiːˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/ (UK)
  • /ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌantiˈpiˌnʌlt/ (US)
  • /ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌantɪˈpiˌnʌlt/ (US)
  • /ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌantɪpɛˈnʌlt/ (US)

Etymology

First attested in 1893; formed as pro- + preantepenult; compare the earlier propreantepenultimate (1825).

Meanings

  1. (no-plural, rare) The last syllable but four; the fifth-to-last syllable (of a word or other utterance); a word’s or other utterance’s propreantepenultimate syllable.
    • The word dis·ín·te·res·ted·ly is stressed on the propreantepenult.
    • There was a time[…]when he could define onomatopoeia, propreantepenult, and give examples of dactyl and anapaest. 1946, Harry Charles McKown, Home Room Guidance, 2nd edition, page 2:
    • When the propreantepenult is the last strong syllable, use the Pentad. 1893, Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood, Practical Elements of Elocution, 3rd edition, page 273:

Coordinates

antepenultima (names of syllables) · antepenultime (names of syllables) · preantepenult (names of syllables) · antepenultimate (names of syllables) · preantepenultimate (names of syllables) · ultima (names of syllables) · penult (names of syllables) · ult (names of syllables) · preantepenultima (names of syllables) · penultima (names of syllables) · penultimate (names of syllables) · propreantepenultimate (names of syllables) · antepenult (names of syllables)