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anteorbital |
antepartum |
antepaschal |
antepast |
antependium |
antepenult
| antepenultima
| antepenultimate
| antephialtic
| antepileptic
| antepone
antepenult
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun antepenult has 1 sense
- antepenult(n = noun.communication) antepenultima, antepenultimate - the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end; Array is a kind of syllable
CIDE DICTIONARY
antepenult, n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.].
The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
antepenult, n. the last syllable but two in a word.
Etymology
abbr. of LL antepaenultimus (as ANTE-, paenultimus PENULT)
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