An’te-pe-nŭlt’, or An’te-pe-nŭlt’i-ma,, n.

n. [Lat. antepenultimus, from Lat. ante, before, paene, almost, and ultimus, last; penultimus, the last but one; antepenultima (sc. syllaba), the third syllable from the end.] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as syl in monosyllable.