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penultimate

adj
/pɪˈnʌltɪmət//pəˈnəltəmət/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English penultimate From Latin paenultimus (“penultimate”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”). Equivalent to pene- + ultimate. Compare French pénultième.

  1. derived from pénultième
  2. derived from paene Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Italic *-tm̥mos Proto-Italic *oltm̥mos Latin ultimus Latin paenultimus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor

Definitions

  1. Next to last, second to last

    Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc.

    • […] they [the sounds of an echo] next strike the ultimate secondary object, then the penultimate and antepenultimate; […]
    • But it should frequently happen that offspring should resemble its penultimate rather than its latest phase, and should thus be more like a grand-parent than a parent.

  2. Of or pertaining to a penult.

  3. Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily…

    Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. pre-eminent, ultimate, best

      pre-eminent, ultimate, best; par excellence, top-quality

      • This Book is the Proud Purple Penultimate!!
      • This treatment, where two therapists massage the body using warm oils infused with plant extracts, is truly the penultimate experience.
      • Ultimately, I reach the most penultimate existential questions: “What is the meaning of this? Is there any?”

    2. A penult, a next to last, particularly

      • Our Lutheran concern for the ultimates (the Gospel) has allowed us to neglect some of the penultimates (bodily healing), failing to stress the total implications of that ultimate Gospel.

    3. A penult, a next to last

      • At Woodstock, the penultimate of August.

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Derived

antepenultimate, penultimately, penultimatum, preantepenultimate, prepenultimate, propenultimate, propreantepenultimate

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