Citations:propreantepenultimate


 * 1825, Samuel Oliver, A General, Critical Grammar of the Inglish Language (London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy), part VI: “Orthoepy”, chapter I: ‘General Definitions’, pages 269–270
 * Accent appertains to one syllable in dissyllables, or to two syllables in words ultra-dissyllabical: it is a certain inflection, and stress of the voice, by which the syllable bearing it is emphatically modulated. Accent is primary, and secondary in its general, grand divisions, thus markt, primary ´, secondary `, with the accentual marks commonly, but insignificantly termed acute, and grave: in its minute divisions, accent is ultimate, penultimate, antepenultimate, preantepenultimate, propreantepenultimate. The primary accent is the accent on dissyllables, which admit but one accent, and the principal accent on trisyllables, and polysyllables, which may admit two, and even three accents. The secondary accent is the minor accent on trisyllables, and polysyllables. The ultimate accent is the accent on the last syllable of a word. The penultimate accent is the accent on the last syllable but one. The antepenultimate accent is the accent on the last syllable but two. The preantepenultimate accent is the accent on the last syllable but three. The propreantepenultimate accent is the accent on the last syllable but four. Accent precisely defined in its bearing on a certain syllable, is computed from the end towards the beginning of words.