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antepenults

antepenults is the plural of antepenult.

Meaning of antepenult

Noun

antepenult (plural antepenults)

  1. The third-to-last syllable of a word.
    • This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110
    Synonyms:
    antepenultimate

Questions about antepenults

What is antepenults the plural of?
Antepenults is the plural of antepenult.

Words near antepenults in the dictionary

  1. antepenultimately
  2. antepenultimates
  3. antepenultimatum
  4. antepenultimatums
  5. antepenultime
  6. antepenults
  7. antepetalous
  8. antephialtic
  9. antepileptic
  10. antepileptics
  11. anteplacental

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