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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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