preantepenultimate

English

Nominal sense attested since 1746; adjectival sense attested since 1791: pre- +‎ antepenultimate.[1]

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: prē'ăn'tĭpĭnŭlʹtĭmət, IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/,[1]
(General American) enPR: prē'ăn'tipənəlʹtəmət, prē'ăn'təpənəlʹtəmət, IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiˌæntipəˈnʌltɪmət/,[1] /ˌpɹiˌæntəpəˈnʌltəmət/,[1]

preantepenultimate (plural preantepenultimates)

(chiefly phonetics, obsolete, rare)[1] preantepenult[1]
- 1830, John Walker, A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names, New York, N.Y., page 169:
  Accent the Preantepenultimate.

(names of syllables): ultima, ult (last); penultima, penultimate, penult (last but one); antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (last but two); preantepenultima (præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (last but three); propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (last but four)

preantepenultimate (not comparable)

(chiefly phonetics and biology)[1] Three before the end; fourth to last.[1]
- 2010, Editors Martin Maiden, John Charles Smith, Adam Ledgeway, The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 1, Structures, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 82:
  …PWs with preantepenultimate and even fifth-but-last stress occur,…
- 1874, Andrew Leith Adams, On the Dentition and Osteology of the Maltese Fossil Elephants, Zoological Society of London, page 10:
  First or Preantepenultimate Milk-molar; Second or Ante- penultimate Milk-molar.

(adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), propreantepenultimate (last but four)

three before the end; fourth to last

“preantepenultimate, n. and adj.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; Dec. 2007]