propenultimate

== English == === Etymology === From pro- +‎ penultimate. === Adjective === propenultimate (not comparable) (rare) Synonym of antepenultimate: two places before last. 1929, Martin Armstrong, The Sleeping Fury, book 1 Charlotte At Fifty, chapter 1: “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?” ==== Related terms ==== penultimate preantepenultimate ultimate