Advertisement
Guest User

Untitled

a guest
Feb 7th, 2016
56
0
Never
Not a member of Pastebin yet? Sign Up, it unlocks many cool features!
text 1.14 KB | None | 0 0
  1. antepenultimate, adj. and n.
  2. View as:
  3.  
  4. Outline |Full entry
  5.  
  6. Keywords:
  7.  
  8. On |Off
  9.  
  10. Quotations:
  11.  
  12. Show all |Hide all
  13.  
  14. Pronunciation:
  15. /-ˈʌltɪmət/
  16. Frequency (in current use):
  17. Etymology: < Latin antepænultim-us + -ate suffix1, after ultimate.
  18. A. adj.
  19. Thesaurus »
  20.  
  21. The last but two. Orig. of syllables; but extended to order in place or time.
  22. 1730 F. Nicholls Lobster in Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 293 The antepenultimate Leg.
  23. 1775 J. Walker Rhyming Dict. Pref. 19, I find every vowel in this antepenultimate syllable..pronounced long.
  24. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Oct. 11 We have the antepenultimate Duke of Newcastle's authority for the dictum.
  25. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 12 Each succeeding vertebra up to the antepenultimate lumbar.
  26.  
  27. (Hide quotations)
  28.  
  29. B. n.
  30. Thesaurus »
  31. Categories »
  32.  
  33. [The adj. used absol., sc. syllable, etc.]
  34. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word), The Antepenultimate of a Dactyl is long.
  35. 1871 Athenæum 10 June 725 In words of four syllables it [the accent] may be on the antepenultimate, as in témérité.
  36.  
  37. (Hide quotations)
  38.  
  39.  
  40. Back to top
Advertisement
Add Comment
Please, Sign In to add comment
Advertisement