An'ti-pōde, n.

n.; pl. AN'TI-PŌDES or AN-TIP'O-DĒS. [Gr. ἀντίπους, with the feet opposite, pl. οἱ ἀντίποδες, from ἀντί, against, opposite, and ποῦς, ποδός, foot.] One of those who live on the opposite side of the globe, and whose feet are, of course, directly opposite to the feet of those who live on this side. C. Lamb. The question has been raised, both in England and America, whether the plural of this word should be pronounced in four syllables, an-tip'o-des, or in three syllables, an'ti-podes,—the last syllable rhyming with abodes. As this plural was originally a pure Latin word (without any singular), it is regularly pronounced an-tip'o-des. But as an'ti-pode is now very generally adopted as its singular, there is a tendency to make the plural correspond (after the English usage), and to say an'ti-podes. To this tendency Dr. Webster yielded, and this pronunciation may perhaps ultimately prevail. At present, however, most scholars pronounce the word in four syllables, an-tip'o-des.