antepenultimate

(an′tē pē nul′tə mət, -pi-; -ti-)

adjective

third last; third from the end

Origin: < antepenult (by assoc. with ultimate)

noun

See antepenultimate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Coming before the next to the last in a series.

noun

An antepenult.

Origin:

Origin: From Late Latin antepaenultimus

Origin: : Latin ante-, ante-

Origin: + Latin paenultimus, next to last; see penult

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