
[From Late Latin antepaenultimus : Latin ante-, ante- + Latin paenultimus, next to last; see penult.]
Some words are just too good not to use. People looking up information about Clark Gable, whose birthday was not long ago, found an unexpected word treat:
"Gable's last film, 1961's The Misfits, was also the final film of Marilyn Monroe and the antepenultimate film of co-star Montgomery Clift."
Link: Clark Gable: Biography and Much More From Answers.com
Posted February 2, 2006.
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