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Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series. quotations examples
[…] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
1677, Robert Plot, “Of the Heavens and Air”, in The natural history of Oxford-shire: Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England, page 15
plural antepenultimates
Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate) examples
The syllable that comes two before the last in a word. examples