propenultimate

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propenultimate

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From pro- + penultimate.

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not comparable, rare Synonym of antepenultimate: two places before last. “Halnaker is the family name?” “Yes. Spelt H-a-l-n-a-k-e-r and pronounced Hannaker, with the accent on the Hann—the pro-penultimate, as we were taught to call it at school. The propenultimate, if you please. What unmitigated nonsense! Why not the last-but-two?”
Similar: antepenultimate

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@misc{propenultimate_2026,
  title = {propenultimate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/propenultimate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}