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Webster 1913 Edition
Penult
Pe′nult
,Noun.
[Abbreviated fr.
penultima
.] (Gram. & Pros.)
The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
Webster 1828 Edition
Penult
PENULT'
,Noun.
The last syllable of a word except one.
Definition 2024
penult
penult
English
Noun
penult (plural penults)
- The next-to-last syllable of a word.
- The next to the last in a series.
Coordinate terms
- (names of syllables): ultima, ult (last); penultima, penultimate, penult (last but one); antepenultima, antepenultime, antepenultimate, antepenult (last but two); preantepenultima (præantepenultima), preantepenultimate, preantepenult (last but three); propreantepenultimate, propreantepenult (last but four)
Translations
next-to-last syllable of a word