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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the next to last syllable in a word;
[syn: penult, penultima, penultimate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Penult \Pe"nult\, n. [Abbreviated fr. penultima.] (Gram. & Pros.) The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

penult n 1: the next to last syllable in a word [syn: penult, penultima, penultimate]