antepenultimate

  1. Adjective.  Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of a syllable) Last but two; third from last.
  3. Noun.  Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate).
  4. Noun.  The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.

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