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antepenult

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌantɪpɪˈnʌlt/Part of speech nounSorted aeelnnpttuStarts with AEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

Word origin

Either formed from ante- + penult and modelled on Latin or a shortening of Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba).

Used in a sentence

  • 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[.]

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