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Definition of Antepenultimate
1. Noun. The 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end.
2. Adjective. Third from last.
Definition of Antepenultimate
1. a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.
Definition of Antepenultimate
1. Adjective. Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a syllable) Last but two; third from last. ¹
3. Noun. Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate) ¹
4. Noun. The syllable that comes two before the last in a word. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antepenultimate
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antepenultimate
Literary usage of Antepenultimate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"... appearance in connection with the penultimate or antepenultimate syllable of
a final phrase : but it is not absolutely necessary that the phrase should ..."
2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"... as it may be called, in the Latin language, and fall into our own general rule
of accenting the antepenultimate. Nor is it unworthy of being remarked, ..."
3. A Comparative Dictionary of the Bihārī Language by August Friedrich Rudolf Hoernle, George Abraham Grierson (1885)
"•which is recommended by considerations of convenience, though perhaps not
absolutely defensible scientifically. 6.-SHORTENING OF THE antepenultimate VOWEL. ..."
4. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"former cage, on the first syllable, as well ш on that before the antepenultimate.
mla - u «t. ... antepenultimate."
5. An English Grammar Conformed to Present Usage: With an Objective Method of by Alfred Holbrook (1873)
"PRE antepenultimate SYLLABLE.—The last syllable but three in a word. Remark.—The
syllables of a word are also described in their numerical order, ..."
6. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1904)
"... subdorsal blotches on the antepenultimate segment ; in the î a pair ol dark
subdorsal blotches on the anal segment only. The anal segment is much larger ..."
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