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Definition of Antepenultima
1. Noun. The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.
Exact synonyms: Antepenult, Antepenultimate
Generic synonyms: Syllable
Derivative terms: Antepenultimate
Generic synonyms: Syllable
Derivative terms: Antepenultimate
Definition of Antepenultima
1. Noun. (poetry) The last syllable of a word except two; an antepenult. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antepenultima
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antepenultima
Literary usage of Antepenultima
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"... whereas the old-fashioned way of accenting the antepenultima makes no one
stare, and is a much nearer approach to the true pronunciation. ..."
2. The Table Talk and Omniana of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With Additional Table by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1888)
"... of the antepenultima, why was not that long quantity also marked ? It was
surely as important an ingredient in the pronunciation as the accent. ..."
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