Meaning of Penultimate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A penult, a next to last, particularly
   uncommon
2. A penult, a next to last
   obsolete, rare, uncommon
3. The penultimate day of a month.
   obsolete, rare, uncommon
4. The penultimate syllable of a word or metrical line.
   uncommon
5. The penultimate element of a collection of curves.
   obsolete, rare, uncommon
6. The penultimate (next to lowest) card in a suit.
   uncommon

Equivalents

Examples

“Our Lutheran concern for the ultimates (the Gospel) has allowed us to neglect some of the penultimates (bodily healing), failing to stress the total implications of that ultimate Gospel.”

“At Woodstock, the penultimate of August.”

“Antepenultimate is that before the Penultimate, or the last but two.”

“Penultimate, the. — Beginning with the lowest card but one of the suit you lead originally, if it contains more than four cards.”

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