4. But, on the contrary, in fome few words the concurrence of confonants gets the better even of derivation, which is not usually the cafe; as in aliméntary, eleméntary, parliaméntary, Supplementary, tumúltuary; from áliment, élement, párliament, &c. Not many words throw the accent beyond the fourth fyllable, as laboratory, except by reason of accumulated derivation; as interestedness, difputableness, &c. Lift of Words which throw the Accent back beyond the Antepenult, but are not comprehended in the above Obfervations. A'griculture, ácrimony, állegory, álabaf ter *, álimony, áeromancy, álligator, ánnotator †, ántechamber, ántimony, ápplicative, apoplexy. Baptistery. a Cáterpillar ‡, chiro mancy, * This is an exception to Rule III. Chap. viii. + See the obfervation on polyfyllables in -ator, page 194. Celibacy alfo is marked on the first by Johnson, and fo used by a poet now living: "Then célibacy came, in cloisters bred." Yet mancy, cómmonalty, cómmorancy, confecu tive, controversy, contumacy. Déletery, dýfentery. Géomancy. -Haberdasher, béterodox, býdromancy.—I'gnominy. Législative, législature, lithomancy. Mátrimony, mélancholy, mefentery, métallurgy, métonymy, mífcellany, mónaf tery. Nóminative, nécromancy. O'ligarchy, ónomancy, ofcitancy.-Párfimony, párticiple, pátrimony, pétifogger, prédeceffor, prothonotary. Ródomon tade*. Sánctimony, feptuagint. Tabernacle, témperament, teftimony. N. B. The words printed in Roman characters are otherwise accented by Dr. Johnson, in the fourth edition of his Dictionary. Yet the right and the ufual accentuation is celibacy. *Because from Rodomont. CHAP. CHA P. X. Further Exceptions to Rule VI. Polyfyllables, which take the Accent on the I. Penultima. WORDS WORDS formed from triffyllables or polysyllables accented on the last, by the addition of a syllable; as connoiffeurship, effervescence, immaturely, animadvérting, operóseness*. 2. Words formed by prefixing one fyllable to triffyllables, or two to diffyllables, accented on the penultima; as reaffémble, unrefifted, preexistence, &c.; alfo interméddle, overshadow, femimétal, undervalue, &c. * Advertisement is therefore now irregular: yet Shakspeare used it fo regularly, for in his time the verb was otherwise accented, advértife. 3. Words 3. Words terminated in -ado, -after *, -cele, -ental, -ic, -ites, -ofis; as ambufcádo, baftinádo, poetáfter, hydrocele, detriméntal, paregóric, fudorific, ftalactítes, amaurófis; excepting only arithmetic and metamorphofis †. Alfo the following Lift. Abracadabra, adamantéan, adamantine, administrátor, adolefcent, affidavit, Agoniftes, alexándrine, algebráift, allantóis or allantoïdes, almacántar, amanuenfis, amaránthine, ambidexter, amoroso, amphisbæna, antanacláfis, antecúrfor, anthropomorphite, apogéum, apofiopéfis, apparátus, appropinquate, arietta, ariófo, armadillo, affiento, atheróma, averruncate. * The polyfyllables in -ator are fo marked by Dr. Johnson, and their origin feems to demand it; nevertheless, the greater part of them now follow the accent of the English words which are derived from the fame fources; as prognósticator from prognoftic, Commentator from comment: the reft will be found in the lift. Triffyllables in -ator are spoken of in page 168. + This word, of which theo is as long as poffible in the original, may ferve to fhew the tendency of our language to accent the antepenult, even in spite of quantity, which is eventually affected by it. See Rules of Quantity. ΙΟ Becafico, Becafico, benefactor. Carcinóma, ca talépfis, catechumen, certiorári, coadjútor, contrayérva, confervátor. Daffodilly, dandelion, diabétes, diocé San *. Elegiac, emendátor, emphysema, empyréan, epicuréan †, epidérmis, epiphonéma, evanefcent, Européan. Gladiátor.-Hymenéal and hymenéan. Ignorámus, impropriátor, inadvertent, inuéndo, interrégnum, interlocutor, ipecacuánba. Legiflátor, literáti.-Manifefto, manufacture, mausoleum, mediátor, memorándum, metamorphofe, mezzotinto, moderátor. -Numerátor. Obfervátor, officinal, operátor, oxymóron. Panacéa, paragóge, paraquito, pecadillo, Pegaféan, perigéum, peritonéum, perturbátor, philoméla, poftulátum, premunire, procurátor, pyrotéchny. Ragamuffin, rationale, recitativo. *So Johnson: yet we more frequently hear diócefan. + Shakspeare has used it epicúrean : "Keep his brain fuming, epicurean cooks!” |