Search Result for "penultimate":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. the next to last syllable in a word;
[syn: penult, penultima, penultimate]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. next to the last;
- Example: "the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter"
- Example: "the figures in the next-to-last column"
[syn: penultimate, next-to-last]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, a. Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, n. The penult. [1913 Webster]
