antepast

[ an-ti-past ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. a foretaste; appetizer.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antepast¹

1580–90; ante- + Latin pāstus food (originally past participle of pāscere to feed), equivalent to pās- feed + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

The mildness of the sentence was an antepast of a more enlarged liberty under the new form of government.

From Project Gutenberg

The inaugural dissertation was, however, but a brief antepast of something more exhaustive to follow.

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It is but a taste, a foretaste, an antepast of the feast of heaven.

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