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noun
The rule of Classical Latin pronunciation which states that a word receives antepenultimate stress if its penult is a short or metrically light syllable, but receives penultimate stress if its penult is a long or metrically heavy syllable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: singular, singular-only
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History
First attested in 1892; Latin paenultima (“penult”) + English law.
