Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square143fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1193arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square143fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefri@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-212 hours agoPropreantepenultimate. Fifth to last. Ultimate Penultimate Antepenultimate Preantepenultimate Propreantepenultimate
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·15 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-up2·13 hours agoThat means the item right before the last item, right?
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 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-up3·14 hours agoI knew the first three, but not four and five. TIL
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 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 👍