penultimate (n.)

  1. the next to last syllable in a word

    [ Syn: penult , penultima ]

    penultimate (adj.)

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

    [ Syn: next-to-last ]

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