Antepaenultimate

Full definition of antepaenultimate

Adjective

• 1894, Transactions of the Philological Society , page 415The Latin accent attaches itself to the long paenultimate or antepaenultimate syllable of a word.
• 1997 April 17th, Marianne Ahrne, rec.gardens.roses, “Re: Unusual colors”, (see the original message)In Greek the main stress falls on the antepaenultimate syllable, in French on the last syllable.