antepast

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(an′ti past′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
an•te•past  (an′ti past′),USA pronunciation n. [Archaic.]
  1. a foretaste;
    appetizer.
  • ante- + Latin pāstus food (origin, originally past participle of pāscere to feed), equivalent. to pās- feed + -tus past participle suffix 1580–90


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