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antepenult

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Noun

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an=te=pe=nult

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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

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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]

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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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