antepast
[ an-ti-past ]
/ ˈæn tɪˌpæst /
noun Archaic.
a foretaste; appetizer.
Origin of antepast
1580–90;
ante- + Latin
pāstus food (orig. past participle of
pāscere to feed), equivalent to
pās- feed +
-tus past participle suffix
Words nearby antepast
Example sentences from the Web for antepast
The mildness of the sentence was an antepast of a more enlarged liberty under the new form of government.
Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution |L. Carroll JudsonIt is but a taste, a foretaste, an antepast of the feast of heaven.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar |George Smith