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21Traditional English pronunciation of Latin — The traditional English pronunciation of Latin, and of Classical Greek words borrowed through Latin, is the mode in which the Latin language was traditionally pronounced by speakers of English until the early twentieth century.Since the Middle… …
22penultimate — /pi nul teuh mit/, adj. 1. next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play. 2. of or pertaining to a penult. n. 3. a penult. [1670 80; see PENULT, ULTIMATE] * * * …
23penultimate — pe•nul•ti•mate [[t]pɪˈnʌl tə mɪt[/t]] adj. 1) next to the last 2) ling. of or pertaining to a penult 3) ling. penult • Etymology: 1670–80; see penult, ultimate …
24penultimate — [pi nul′tə mət] adj. [< PENULT, after ULTIMATE] 1. next to the last 2. of the penult n. PENULT penultimately adv …
25pe|nul´ti|mate|ly — pe|nul|ti|mate «pih NUHL tuh miht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. next to the last: »the penultimate number in a series, the penultimate day of the month. This is the penultimate link in the chain of evidence…that there has been a conscious,… …
26pe|nul|ti|mate — «pih NUHL tuh miht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. next to the last: »the penultimate number in a series, the penultimate day of the month. This is the penultimate link in the chain of evidence…that there has been a conscious, deliberate effort to… …
27Properispomena — Properispomenon Pro*per i*spom e*non, n.; pl. {Properispomena}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to circumflex on the penult; ? before + ? to circumflex. See {Perispomenon}.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult. [1913 Webster] …
28Properispomenon — Pro*per i*spom e*non, n.; pl. {Properispomena}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to circumflex on the penult; ? before + ? to circumflex. See {Perispomenon}.] (Gr. Gram.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult. [1913 Webster] …
29Niuean language — Niuean ko e vagahau Niuē Spoken in Niue, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Tonga Native speakers 8,000  (no date) Language family …
30Antepenult — In linguistics, the antepenult is the antepenultimate syllable of a word ( e.g. dic is the antepenult of per pen dic ul ar ). The antepenult precedes the penult or second to last syllable which, in turn, precedes the ultimate or final syllable.In …
