preantepenultimate

Nominal sense attested since 1746; adjectival sense attested since 1791: pre- +‎ antepenultimate.[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: prē'ăn'tĭpĭnŭlʹtĭmət, IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiːˌæntɪpɪˈnʌltɪmət/,[1]
• (General American) enPR: prē'ăn'tipənəlʹtəmət, prē'ăn'təpənəlʹtəmət, IPA^(key): /ˌpɹiˌæntipəˈnʌltɪmət/,[1] /ˌpɹiˌæntəpəˈnʌltəmət/,[1]

preantepenultimate (plural preantepenultimates)

1. (chiefly phonetics, obsolete, rare)[1] preantepenult[1]
   • 1830, John Walker, A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names, New York, N.Y., page 169:

     Accent the Preantepenultimate.

• (names of syllables): ultima, ult (last); penultima, penultimate, penult (last but one); antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (last but two); preantepenultima (præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (last but three); propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (last but four)

preantepenultimate (not comparable)

1. (chiefly phonetics and biology)[1] Three before the end; fourth to last.[1]
   • 2010, Editors Martin Maiden, John Charles Smith, Adam Ledgeway, The Cambridge History of the Romance Languages: Volume 1, Structures, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 82:

     …PWs with preantepenultimate and even fifth-but-last stress occur,…

   • 1874, Andrew Leith Adams, On the Dentition and Osteology of the Maltese Fossil Elephants, Zoological Society of London, page 10:

     First or Preantepenultimate Milk-molar; Second or Ante- penultimate Milk-molar.

• (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), penultimate (last but one), antepenultimate (last but two), propreantepenultimate (last but four)