antepenult

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

antepenult
    n 1: the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end [syn:
         {antepenult}, {antepenultima}, {antepenultimate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Antepenult \An`te*pe"nult\, Antepenultima \An`te*pe*nult"i*ma\,
   n. [L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante
   before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus
   last.] (Pros.)
   The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in
   monosyllable.
   [1913 Webster]