antepaenultimate

antepaenultimate

English

Adjective

antepaenultimate (not comparable)

1. Rare spelling of antepenultimate.
   • 1894, Transactions of the Philological Society, page 415

     The Latin accent attaches itself to the long paenultimate or antepaenultimate syllable of a word.

   • 1997 April 17th, Marianne Ahrne, rec.gardens.roses, “Re: Unusual colors”, (see the original message)

     In Greek the main stress falls on the antepaenultimate syllable, in French on the last syllable.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:antepaenultimate.