antepenultimate

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
  • Adjective:
    third from last

Word Origin

antepenultimate (adj.)
"the last but two," 1730, from antepenult (n.), 1610s, abbreviation of Latin antepaenultima (syllaba), fem. of antepaenultimus, from ante "before" (see ante) + paenultima, from paen "almost" + ultima "last" (see ultimate).

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