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antepenultimate

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15 lettersPronunciation /ˌæntɪpɪnˈʌltɪmət/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aaeeeilmnnptttuStarts with AEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. third from last

Word origin

From ante- + penultimate, modelled on Latin antepaenultima/antepēnultima (syllaba) (“last syllable but two in a word”), from the feminine of antepaenultimus/antepēnultimus (“antepenultimate”).

Used in a sentence

  • This book has ten chapters — chapter 8 is the antepenultimate one.
  • […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
  • The words animal, citizen, comedy, and antepenultimate are stressed on the antepenultimate.

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