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pe·nul·ti·mate    Audio Help   [pi-nuhl-tuh-mit] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
2.of or pertaining to a penult.
–noun
3.a penult.

[Origin: 1670–80; see penult, ultimate]
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pe·nul·ti·mate    Audio Help   (pĭ-nŭl'tə-mĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Next to last.
  2. Linguistics Of or relating to the penult of a word: penultimate stress.

n.   The next to the last.


[From Latin paenultimus; see penult.]

pe·nul'ti·mate·ly adv.
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penultimate  (adj.)
1677, from earlier penultima (n.) "the next to the last syllable of a word or verse," from fem. of L. adj. penultimus "next-to-last," from pæne "almost" + ultimus "final."

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penultimate

adjective
1. next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the next-to-last column" 

noun
1. the next to last syllable in a word [syn: penult

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Penultimate

Pe*nul"ti*mate\, a. Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Penultimate

Pe*nul"ti*mate\, n. The penult.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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