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Definition of: penultimate
(pi·nul′tə·mit) adjective
1. Being the last but one.
2. Of or belonging to the last syllable but one.
—noun A syllable or member of a series that is last but one. [<L paene almost + ULTIMATE, on analogy with L paenultimus next to the last]
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