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propreantepenultimate

adj
/ˌpɹəʊpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/UK/ˌpɹoʊpɹiˌæn(t)ipəˈnʌltɪmət/US

Etymology

First attested in 1825; formed as pro- + preantepenultimate; compare the later propreantepenult (1893).

  1. derived from antepaenultima
  2. formed as preantepenultimate — “pre- + antepenultimate”
  3. prefixed as propreantepenultimate — “pro + preantepenultimate”

Definitions

  1. The last syllable but four (of a word or other utterance).

    • The word minimalism is stressed on its propreantepenultimate syllable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for propreantepenultimate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA