Is it correct to say "the last word but three"?
How can I refer to the bold word in the following text?
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Is it correct to say "the last word but three"? I am looking for a general and commonly-used-by-people term.
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Solution 1:
The term is preantepenultimate
That precedes or stands immediately before the antepenult; the last but three.
Oxford Dictionaries Online
Lest there be any confusion about what the above definition means, Wiktionary defines it as
Three before the end; fourth to last.
(Thanks to @Henry who informed me that I was not just making this up.)