Words with Root “poster-” in English (US)

The word 'preposterousness' is divided into five syllables: pre-pos-ter-ous-ness. The primary stress falls on the third syllable ('ter'). It's morphologically composed of the prefix 'pre-', the root 'poster-', and the suffixes '-ous' and '-ness'. The syllabification follows rules of onset maximization and vowel nucleus requirements.