English Explanatory Dictionary

antepenultimatum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

antepenultimatum antepenultimatums antepenultimata

Etymology

From ante- + penultimatum.

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