pen·ul·ti·mate /pɪˈnʌltəmət/
(a.)由字尾倒數第二的
Pe·nul·ti·mate a. Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.
Pe·nul·ti·mate, n. The penult.
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penultimate
adj : next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the
murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in
the next-to-last column" [syn: next-to-last]
n : the next to last syllable in a word [syn: penult, penultima]