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pe·nult

[pee-nuhlt, pi-nuhlt] Pronunciation Key

–noun

the next to the last syllable in a word.

Also, pe·nul·ti·ma

[pi-nuhl-tuh-muh] Pronunciation Key.

[Origin: 1530–40; < L paenultima (syllaba), contr. of paene ultima almost the last; see pen-, ultima

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pe·nult (pē'nŭlt', pĭ-nŭlt') Pronunciation Key
n.

The next to the last item in a series.
The next to the last syllable in a word.

[Short for penultima, from Latin paenultima, feminine of paenultimus, next to last : paene, almost + ultimus, last; see ultimate.]

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penult

1539 (adj.), 1572 (n.), abbreviation of penultimate (q.v.).

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