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antepenultimatums

antepenultimatums is the plural of antepenultimatum.

Meaning of antepenultimatum

Noun

antepenultimatum (plural antepenultimatums or antepenultimata)

  1. (commonly satirical) A statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, essentially a penultimatum, but even more tentative and more repeatedly abandoned in favour of subsequent ignominious compromises.
    • THE RUSSIAN ULTIMATUM. We are constantly hearing of some fresh ultimatum being proposed by the Russian Government, so that what was considered a fortnight since the real ultimatum, must, now that another has been offered, be called the penultimatum; and next week, when a third one will probably...1853 Diogenes - Issue 2706, Volume 2 - Page 14

Questions about antepenultimatums

What is antepenultimatums the plural of?
Antepenultimatums is the plural of antepenultimatum.

Words near antepenultimatums in the dictionary

  1. antepenultimata
  2. antepenultimate
  3. antepenultimately
  4. antepenultimates
  5. antepenultimatum
  6. antepenultimatums
  7. antepenultime
  8. antepenults
  9. antepetalous
  10. antephialtic
  11. antepileptic

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