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Word: Antepenultima
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century; earliest use found in Philip Sidney (1554–1586), author and courtier. From post-classical Latin antepaenultima last syllable but two, use as noun of antepaenultimus last but two from classical Latin ante- + paenultimus last but one
Definition:
The last syllable but two of a word or metrical foot.
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