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antepenultimate, a. and n.|-ˈʌltɪmət|
[f. L. antepænultim-us + -ate, after ultimate.]
A. adj. The last but two. Orig. of syllables; but extended to order in place or time.
1730Nicholls Lobster in Phil. Trans. XXXVI. 293 The antepenultimate Leg. 1775Walker Rhym. Dict. Pref. 19, I find every vowel in this antepenultimate syllable..pronounced long. 1865Pall Mall G. 20 Oct. 11 We have the antepenultimate Duke of Newcastle's authority for the dictum. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 12 Each succeeding vertebra up to the antepenultimate lumbar.
B. n. [The adj. used absol., sc. syllable, etc.]
1727Chambers Cycl. s.v., The Antepenultimate of a dactyle is long. 1871Athenæum 10 June 725 In words of four syllables it [the accent] may be on the antepenultimate, as in témérité. |