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antepenultimate definition

ante·penul·ti·mate (an′tē pē nul′tə mət, -pi-; -ti-)

adjective

third last; third from the end

Etymology: < antepenult (by assoc. with ultimate)

noun

  1. anything third from the end
  2. an antepenult

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