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Definition: ANTEPENULTIMA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.[Wordnet]
2. The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Antepenultima" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1570. (references)

Definition: ANTEPENULTIMA

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.[Wordnet]
2. The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable.[Websters].

Sources: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ANTEPENULTIMA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1570. (references)