What is a synonym for "antepenultime"?

Common synonyms include: antepenult.

How do you pronounce "antepenultime"?

Pronounced //ˌænteɪpɪˈnʌltiːm//.

//ˌænteɪpɪˈnʌltiːm// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
Synonym of antepenult. singular
"In polysyllables the penultime is accented if the syllable be long, but in all other cases the accent is laid upon the antepenultime."
2
Antepenultimate position. rare, singular
"In antepenultime the non-neutral vowels /a/, /i/, /u/ alternate with the neutral shorter /ə/, and the neutral vowel in antepenultime and penultime alternates with zero."
3
Any thing occurring as the antepenultimate item in a series. rare, singular
"Mandibles with 4 teeth decreasing in size from the apical teeth, the antepenultime (subbasal) smallest."

"In polysyllables the penultime is accented if the syllable be long, but in all other cases the accent is laid upon the antepenultime."

First attested in 1860; from the Latin antepaenultima (“antepenult”), a feminine substantive of antepaenultimus (“antepenultimate”).

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