antepenultimate
- n the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
- s third from last
- Perot nonetheless has paid his coauthor--well, not the ultimate, or even the penultimate, but maybe the antepenultimate compliment.
- Experts saw back of this sizable vote the glittering pince-nez of Andr Tardieu, antepenultimate Prime Minister.