antepenultime

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌænteɪpɪˈnʌltiːm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of antepenult. singular
    — In polysyllables the penultime is accented if the syllable be long, but in all other cases the accent is laid upon the antepenultime.
  2. Antepenultimate position. rare,singular
    — In antepenultime the non-neutral vowels /a/, /i/, /u/ alternate with the neutral shorter /ə/, and the neutral vowel in antepenultime and penultime alternates with zero.
  3. Any thing occurring as the antepenultimate item in a series. rare,singular
    — Mandibles with 4 teeth decreasing in size from the apical teeth, the antepenultime (subbasal) smallest.

词源

First attested in 1860; from the Latin antepaenultima (“antepenult”), a feminine substantive of antepaenultimus (“antepenultimate”).
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