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Penultima
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Same as
penult
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Same as
penult
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
penult
; last
syllable
but one
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the next to last syllable in a word
Word Usage
"These words, as the reader will observe, are accented either on the first syllable or the penultima."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
syllable
variant
penult