Meaning antepenultimate
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antepenultimate"the last but two," 1730, from antepenult (n.), 1610s, abbreviation of Latin antepaenultima (syllaba), fem. of antepaenultimus, from ante "before" (see ante) + paenultima, from pae [..]
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antepenultimate(n) the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end(adj) third from last
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antepenultimate
Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.
(This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one.)
*they [the sounds of an echo] next strike [..]
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