antepast

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English

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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

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