Antepenultimate Definition

ăntē-pĭ-nŭltə-mĭt
adjective
Coming before the next to the last in a series.
American Heritage
Third last; third from the end.
Webster's New World

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.
Wiktionary
noun
An antepenult.
American Heritage
Anything third from the end.
Webster's New World
An antepenult.
Webster's New World

Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate)

Wiktionary

The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.

The words animal, citizen, comedy, dangerous, and obvious are stressed on the antepenultimate.
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Other Word Forms of Antepenultimate

Noun

Singular:
antepenultimate
Plural:
antepenultimates

Origin of Antepenultimate

  • ante- meaning before, pen- from the Latin paene meaning almost, and ultimate from the Latin ultimus meaning last

    From Wiktionary

  • From Late Latin antepaenultimus Latin ante- ante- Latin paenultimus next to last penult

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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