antepenultimate Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


An`te*pe*nult"i*mate adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult.

Webster 1913