antepast

English

Etymology

From ante- +‎ Latin pastus (“pasture, food”). Compare repast and Italian antipasto.

Noun

antepast (plural antepasts)

1. (obsolete) A foretaste.
   • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

     antepasts of joy and comforts

   • 1782, John Wesley, Hymn to the Holy Ghost:

     this antepast of heaven

   • 1850, Timothy Alden Taylor, Zion's Pathway:

     antepasts of endless blessedness

References

• “antepast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Panettas