Antepenultima

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The last syllable but two of a word, as syl in monosyllable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The last syllable of a word except two; an antepenult.
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  • noun. the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
  • Word Usage
    "The French in his whole language hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable saving two, called antepenultima, and little more hath the Spanish; and therefore very gracelessly may they use dactyls."
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