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penult

noun

: the next to the last member of a series
especially : the second to last syllable of a word : penultima
Sam must have known Sophia Peabody Hawthorne. (Peabody. Was the accent on the first syllable or should you come down hard on the penult, too? … ) Jane Langton

Word History

Etymology

Latin paenultima penult, from feminine of paenultimus almost last, from paene almost + ultimus last — more at ultimate

First Known Use

1537, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of penult was in 1537

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