Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square172fedilinkarrow-up1227arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1225arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 21 hours agomessage-square172fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefri@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-217 hours agoPropreantepenultimate. Fifth to last. Ultimate Penultimate Antepenultimate Preantepenultimate Propreantepenultimate
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6·20 hours agoI use penultimate all the time and most people have no idea what I mean! We need to bring back the Latin based words
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·18 hours agoThat means the item right before the last item, right?
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·17 hours agoYep. That’s actually how we say last and whatnot in Spanish: último is last and penúltimo is 2nd to last
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·19 hours agoI knew the first three, but not four and five. TIL
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoHmm the grammar checks out 👍
Propreantepenultimate. Fifth to last.
I use penultimate all the time and most people have no idea what I mean! We need to bring back the Latin based words
That means the item right before the last item, right?
Yep. That’s actually how we say last and whatnot in Spanish: último is last and penúltimo is 2nd to last
I knew the first three, but not four and five. TIL
Hmm the grammar checks out 👍