antepenultimate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
  2. adjective third from last

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

antepenult, antepenultima

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