penultimate
- next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
- of or relating to a penult or the next to the last syllable in a word: In the word appropriate, -pri- is the penultimate syllable.
- a penult.
Origin of penultimate
Examples from the Web for penultimate
Contemporary Examples of penultimate
But then that big bang that ended the penultimate episode happened.
Inside ‘Orange Is the New Black’ S2, Eps. 6-12: About That Shocking Incest SceneKevin Fallon, Marlow Stern
June 20, 2014
And on the penultimate episode of The Bachelor, Assistant District Attorney Andi became the second to reject him.
Just look at the penultimate symbol of urban renaissance, Brooklyn.
The penultimate episode of the series found Walter White (Bryan Cranston) alone in a New Hampshire cabin.
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September 25, 2013
The penultimate band is $200,000 to $250,000, which is ten times as wide as the previous band.
Historical Examples of penultimate
Is it the ultimate, or is it only the penultimate, datum of cognition?
And so it was with Cicero during this the penultimate year of his life.
The Life of CiceroAnthony Trollope
There he commenced 'Count Robert of Paris,' the penultimate of his published tales.
AbbotsfordAnonymous
Verbs with mag- of this sort always have penultimate stress.
A Dictionary of Cebuano VisayanJohn U. Wolff
In the former the last whorl is broadest, in the latter the penultimate.
Our British SnailsJohn William Horsley
penultimate
- next to the last
- anything that is next to the last, esp a penult