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Definition of preantepenultimate in English English dictionary
- Three before the end; fourth to last
This book has ten chapters; therefore, chapter seven is the preantepenultimate one.
- preantepenult
The word necessary is stressed on its preantepenultimate.
- Fourth from last
- Three before the last in a series
- The syllable that comes three before the last in a word
preantepenultimate
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pre·an·te·pe·nul·ti·mateEtymology
() Nominal sense attested since 1746; adjectival sense attested since 1791: pre- + antepenultimate.“” listed in the Oxford English DictionaryResimler
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