preantepenultadj.n.

Forms: 1800s praeantepenult, 1800s– preantepenult.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, antepenult adj.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + antepenult adj. Compare earlier preantepenultimate adj., preantepenultimate n.

†A. adj.

That precedes or stands immediately before the antepenult; = preantepenultimate adj. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1061 The præantepenult [joint] has the anterior seta as long as the joint.

B. n.

Phonetics. The last syllable but three of a word.

ΚΠ

1855 D. T. Stoddard in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. (1856) 5 20 It is almost a universal rule [in Syriac], that the primary accent is on the penult, and the secondary accent on the pre-antepenult.

1940 Lang. 16 246 The long rising, occurring on the penult and the preantepenult,..shows falling or level stress and pitch at the beginning..of the vowel.

1997 C. W. Kreidler Describing Spoken Eng. viii. 139 A number of nouns and adjectives with certain endings are stressed on the antepenult or pre-antepenult depending on the number of syllables in the word and whether the penult is strong.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	preantepenult
释义	preantepenultadj.n. Forms: 1800s praeantepenult, 1800s– preantepenult. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, antepenult adj. Etymology: < pre- prefix + antepenult adj. Compare earlier preantepenultimate adj., preantepenultimate n. †A. adj. That precedes or stands immediately before the antepenult; = preantepenultimate adj. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. II ii. 1061 The præantepenult [joint] has the anterior seta as long as the joint. B. n. Phonetics. The last syllable but three of a word. ΚΠ 1855 D. T. Stoddard in Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. (1856) 5 20 It is almost a universal rule [in Syriac], that the primary accent is on the penult, and the secondary accent on the pre-antepenult. 1940 Lang. 16 246 The long rising, occurring on the penult and the preantepenult,..shows falling or level stress and pitch at the beginning..of the vowel. 1997 C. W. Kreidler Describing Spoken Eng. viii. 139 A number of nouns and adjectives with certain endings are stressed on the antepenult or pre-antepenult depending on the number of syllables in the word and whether the penult is strong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1852
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