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an⋅te⋅pe⋅nul⋅ti⋅mate

  [an-tee-pi-nuhl-tuh-mit]
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–adjective
1. third from the end.
2. of or pertaining to an antepenult.
–noun
3. an antepenult.
Origin:
1720–30; antepenult + (ult)imate
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an·te·pe·nul·ti·mate   (ān'tē-pĭ-nŭl'tə-mĭt)   
adj.  Coming before the next to the last in a series.
n.  An antepenult.

[From Late Latin antepaenultimus : Latin ante-, ante- + Latin paenultimus, next to last; see penult.]
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Antepenultimate

An`te*pe*nult"i*mate\, a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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