http://textus-receptus.com/w/index.php?title=Penultimate&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.13.2 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 07:28:12 GMT http://textus-receptus.com/w/index.php?title=Penultimate&diff=272209&oldid=prev <p><span class="autocomment">Noun</span></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 16:06, 31 July 2015</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 26:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Noun==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>==Noun==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*penultimate (plural penultimates)</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>*penultimate (plural penultimates)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. &quot;penultimate, n. &amp; adj.&quot; Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-04-12 07:28:12 --> </table> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:06:01 GMT Nick http://textus-receptus.com/wiki/Talk:Penultimate http://textus-receptus.com/w/index.php?title=Penultimate&diff=272208&oldid=prev <p>New page: ==Etymology== From Latin paenultimus, from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”). /pɪˈnʌltɪmət/ Adjective penultimate (not comparable) (UK, in US usage usually formal, literar...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Etymology==<br /> From Latin paenultimus, from paene (“almost”) + ultimus (“last”).<br /> <br /> /pɪˈnʌltɪmət/ Adjective penultimate (not comparable)<br /> <br /> (UK, in US usage usually formal, literary or scholarly) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to a penult. (mathematics, rare) Relating to or denoting an element of a related collection of curves that is arbitrarily close to a degenerate form.<br /> Usage notes[edit]<br /> <br /> ==Synonyms==<br /> (immediately preceding the end of a list, sequence, etc.): next to last, next-to-last, second to last, second-to-last, second from last, second-from-last, second last, second-last, (now chiefly UK) last but one, last ~ but one<br /> <br /> ==Coordinate terms==<br /> (adjectives denoting syllables): ultimate (last), antepenultimate (last but two), preantepenultimate (last but three), propreantepenultimate (last but four)<br /> <br /> ==Derived terms==<br /> *antepenultimate<br /> *penultimately<br /> *preantepenultimate<br /> *propenultimate<br /> *propreantepenultimate<br /> ==Related terms==<br /> *penult<br /> *ultimate<br /> ==Translations==<br /> *next-to-last in a sequence<br /> ==Noun==<br /> *penultimate (plural penultimates)<br /> <br /> Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. &quot;penultimate, n. &amp; adj.&quot; Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2005.</div> Fri, 31 Jul 2015 16:04:13 GMT Nick http://textus-receptus.com/wiki/Talk:Penultimate