Sekirov Dictionary

preantepenultimate

UK /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/US /ˌpɹiˌæntipəˈnʌltɪmət/

adjective 1
noun 1
forms 1

adjective1

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Three before the end; fourth to last.
- With reference to the theoretical first or preantepenultimate milk-molar, rarely developed in either fossil or recent species, there is one very interesting specimen in the British Museum. — 1873

noun1

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(no longer used, rare) Synonym of preantepenult (“the last syllable but three of a word or other utterance; the fourth-to-last syllable”).
- [I]f one vvas to say σῶματος, this vvould be all one as σόὸματος, and as if an Acute vvas placed on the Pre-antepenultimate, vvhich is never tolerated. — 1746

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preantepenultimates

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