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Latest revision as of 01:14, 24 October 2013 English[edit] Alternative forms[edit] Etymology[edit] From Latin paenultimus, from paene ("almost") + ultimus ("last"). Pronunciation[edit] Adjective[edit] penultimate (not comparable) - (formal, literary or scholarly) Coming next-to-last in a sequence.
- 1878, Samuel Butler, Life and Habit, ch. 10:
- But it should frequently happen that offspring should resemble its penultimate rather than its latest phase, and should thus be more like a grand-parent than a parent.
- 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, ch. 3:
- "Your clothes don't weigh more'n seven pounds. And seven from—hum—say one hundred an' twenty-three—one hundred an' sixteen is your stripped weight."
- But at the penultimate word, Mary cried out with sharp reproof:
- "Why, Billy Roberts, people don't talk about such things."
- (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult.
Synonyms[edit] Coordinate terms[edit] Related terms[edit] Translations[edit] the next-to-last in a sequence penultimate (plural penultimates) - (Should we delete(+) this sense?) A next-to-last thing.
- (linguistics) A next-to-last syllable in a linguistic unit.
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