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Webster 1913 Edition


Penult

Pe′nult

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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.
[L. penultimus; pene, almost, and ultimus, last.]
The last syllable of a word except one.

Definition 2024


penult

penult

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Noun

penult (plural penults)

  1. The next-to-last syllable of a word.
  2. The next to the last in a series.

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