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præantepenultima

præantepenultima is the archaic spelling of preantepenultima.

Meaning of preantepenultima

Noun

preantepenultima

  1. The last syllable but three (of a word or other utterance); the fourth-to-last syllable.
    • […] receiving the principal accent on the penultima, the word necessarily takes the secondary accent on the preantepenultima.1825, Samuel Oliver, A General Critical Grammar of the Inglish Language, page 337

Forms of præantepenultima

pluralpræantepenultimas

Questions about præantepenultima

What is præantepenultima the archaic spelling of?
Præantepenultima is the archaic spelling of preantepenultima.

Words near præantepenultima in the dictionary

  1. præ-mortem
  2. præ-Socratic
  3. præ-Socratics
  4. præamble
  5. præambles
  6. præantepenultima
  7. præantepenultimas
  8. præcaval
  9. præcavals
  10. præcede
  11. præceded

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