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Definition of Antepenults
1. antepenult [n] - See also: antepenult
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antepenults
Literary usage of Antepenults
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Spanish Anthology: A Collection of Lyrics From The Thirteenth Century Down by Jeremiah Denis Matthias Ford (1917)
"... arbitrarily with antepenults, but the effect is better when ... with antepenults.
But little use is made in rhyme of words accented on a syllable ..."
2. Chess Exemplified in a Concise & Easy Notation by Charles Pearson (1842)
"TWO UNITED PAWNS AGAINST A KNIGHT win, if both advanced to their antepenults ;
which, therefore, they should endeavour to reach before attacked. ..."
3. The Coues Check List of North American Birds by Elliott Coues (1882)
"... recall a case of a short accented penult : but many short antepenults take
the accent, which is simply because it cannot be thrown still further back. ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine (1873)
"It is owing to the ' syllable ' and not the vowel, that the antepenults of '
hominis ' and ' lateris ' admit of accent, or of such definite pronunciation as ..."
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