antepenultimate meaning

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antepenultimate (adjective): third from last.

antepenultimate has 2 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

antepenultimate as an adjective

  1. third from last

    Similar: intermediate

    Related forms: antepenultima

antepenultimate as a noun

  1. the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

    Synonyms: antepenult, antepenultima

    Type of: syllable

Word lists: words starting with AN · words ending in TE · 15-letter words

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