Preantepenultimate Definition
noun
(chiefly phonetics, obsolete, rare) Preantepenult.
The word necessary is stressed on its preantepenultimate.
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adjective
(chiefly phonetics) Three before the end; fourth to last.
This book has ten chapters; therefore, chapter seven is the preantepenultimate one.
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Noun
Singular:
preantepenultimate
Plural:
preantepenultimatesOrigin of Preantepenultimate
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Nominal sense attested since 1746; adjectival sense attested since 1791: pre- + antepenultimate.
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