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Antepenultima   Listen
noun
Antepenultima, Antepenult  n.  (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Antepenultima" Quotes from Famous Books



... but with the halves put together there would be a tendency to say h['o]nor['i]ficabilit['u]dinit['a]tibus. Thus there ought not to be much difficulty in saying C['o]nstant['i]nop['o]lit['a]ni, whether you keep the long antepenultima or shorten it after the English way; but he who forced the reluctant word to end an hexameter must have had 'Constantin['o]ple' in his mind, and therefore said Const['a]ntin['o]polit['a]ni with two false ...
— Society for Pure English Tract 4 - The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin • John Sargeaunt



Words linked to "Antepenultima" :   antepenultimate, antepenult



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