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penultima
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun penultima has 1 sense
- penultima(n = noun.communication) penult, penultimate - the next to last syllable in a word; Array is a kind of syllable
CIDE DICTIONARY
penultima, n. [L. (sc. syllaba), fr. penultimus, paenultimus, the last but one; paene almost + ultimus the last.].
Same as Penult. [1913 Webster]
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