Definitions
Next to last in a series.
Word origin
From Latin paenultimus (“penultimate”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”). Equivalent to pene- + ultimate. Compare French pénultième.
Used in a sentence
“[…] 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.”
“This Book is the Proud Purple Penultimate!!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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