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- noun The
rule ofClassical Latin pronunciation which states that a word receivesantepenultimate stress if itspenult is a shortsyllable , but receivespenultimate stress if its penult is a long syllable.
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First attested in 1892; Latin paenultima ("penult") + English law.
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