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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.

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