antepenultimate
Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- preantepenultimate adjective
Etymology
Origin of antepenultimate
First recorded in 1670–80; antepenult + (ult)imate
Example Sentences
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What we learned on the third-to-last — or antepenultimate, for all you wordsmiths out there — weekend of the regular season …
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2022
Appropriately enough, the easiest way to explain my point is to compare "The Last Jedi" to the "Breaking Bad" antepenultimate episode "Ozymandias," which like "The Last Jedi" was directed by Rian Johnson.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2018
It’s typical of The Americans, then, that its antepenultimate episode, rather than its finale, is called “The Summit.”
From Slate • May 31, 2018
On Tuesday, he plays the antepenultimate sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert; on Thursday, the penultimate.
From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2015
Proparoxytone, prō-par-ok′si-tōn, adj. having the acute accent on the antepenultimate or third last syllable.—n. a word having the acute accent on the antepenultimate.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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