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> antepenultimate And I thought knowing what penultimate meant was fun. For those that don't know, penultimate means second to last and antepenultimate means
by OnlineGladiator 5y ago
> antepenultimate
And I thought knowing what penultimate meant was fun. For those that don't know, penultimate means second to last and antepenultimate means third to last.
- FabHK 5y ago(There's also "preantepenultimate" if you ever want to say fourth to last without saying fourth to last...) https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preantepenultimate https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/preantepenultimate
- OnlineGladiator 5y agoNow I'm curious if there's a word meaning 'having more syllables than the definition itself' because we crossed that barrier back at antepenultimate (and penultimate already is tied with 'second to last').
- chrismorgan 5y agoWell, there’s sesquipedalia for long words. You can also try hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hippopotomonstrosesquipedalio....
- teawrecks 5y agoAnd apparently propreantepenultimate. Love this lol
- antiretard 5y agoLiteral soyjack poggers-posting reddit cunt. "Love this lol." Please kill yourself in a fucking dumpster so nobody has to inconvenience himself cleaning up the mess you left behind.
- mgdlbp 5y agoThis aversion to repetition has also engendered such words as quasihemidemisemiquaver—half half half half eighth note.