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antepenult

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Noun
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an=te=pe=nult

CIDE DICTIONARY

antepenultn. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last.].
     The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

antepenult, n. the last syllable but two in a word.

Etymology
abbr. of LL antepaenultimus (as ANTE-, paenultimus PENULT)

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