Definition of "penultima" [pe•nul•ti•ma]

• Penult; last syllable but one (noun)

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• "These words, as the reader will observe, are accented either on the first syllable or the penultima."
• "The accent placed on the penultima of [Greek: Theophoros], as the word is written in the saint's acts, denotes it of an active signification, _one that carrieth God_; but of the passive, _carried of God_, if placed on the antepenultima."
• "That lake of Conterano -- the accent is on the ante-penultima -- it looked appetising on the map, all alone out there."