Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antepenult"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Antepenult \An`te*pe"nult\, Antepenultima \An`te*pe*nult"i*ma\,
n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante
before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus
last.] (Pros.)
The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in
monosyllable.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
antepenult
n : the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end [syn:
{antepenultimate}]
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