Definitions for antepenult

antepenult an·te·pe·nult

Spelling: [an-tee-pee-nuhlt, -pi-nuhlt]
IPA: /ˌæn tiˈpi nʌlt, -pɪˈnʌlt/

Antepenult is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 324 anagrams from letters in antepenult (aeelnnpttu).

Definitions for antepenult

noun

  1. the third syllable from the end in a word, as te in antepenult.

Origin of antepenult

1575-85; Latin (syllaba) antepaenultima the second (syllable) from the last, feminine of antepaenultimus standing before the penult. See ante-,

Examples for antepenult

Words ending in ous have the accents on the antepenult, as uxrious, volptuous.

If the penult is short, the antepenult is accented provided it be long: Sansthā́naka.

For purposes of assonance little use is made of words accented on a syllable preceding the antepenult.

This anie eare may if he accent the antepenult matrmonie, or the penult matrimnie, or the last as matrimone.

The accent must fall on the penult, if it was long, otherwise on the antepenult of the word.

Words llanas may assonate with words accented on the antepenult (esdrjulas).

(b) A word stressed on the penult may assonate with one lx stressed on the antepenult.

Words ending in ty have their accent on the antepenult, as pusillanmity, actvity.

Word Value for antepenult
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