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† peˈnultim, -ime, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. pænultim-us: see next. Cf. F. pénultième (13th c. in Littré).]
Last but one; = penultimate.
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 931 The tone hath an a in the penultyme syllable. 1538Sir B. Tuke in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. iii. III. 223 At London, the penultyme of August, 1538. 1655Fuller Ch. Hist. vi. iii. 324 A second Race succeeded, derived from Norman Darcy the Penultim Lord in the last Pedigree. 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 196 The two first and last pairs [of legs] being two inches long, the Penultime not much more than half so much. |