propenultimate

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of antepenultimate: two places before last. not-comparable,rare
    — “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?”

词源

From pro- + penultimate.
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