PENULTIMATELY

Etymology

Adverb

penultimately (not comparable)

Next to the last in order.

Source: Wiktionary


PENULTIMATE

Pe*nul"ti*mate, a.

Definition: Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable but one of a word.

Pe*nul"ti*mate, n.

Definition: The penult.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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