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
It’s the penultimate round of matches in the EFL, and the antepenultimate round in the Premier League.
From The Guardian
However, he remains just two back of the lead, playing in the antepenultimate pairing with Ryan Moore.
From Golf Digest
On Tuesday, he plays the antepenultimate sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert; on Thursday, the penultimate.
From New York Times
Still the strong accent on the antepenultimate syllable of every verse is sufficient to justify us in regarding the meter as endecasillabo sdrucciolo.
From Project Gutenberg
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