noun
definition
The next-to-last syllable of a word.
definition
The next to the last in a series.
Examples of penult in a Sentence
Most words take the accent on the penult.
Vowel Changes.-(I) Long a, whether from Aryan a or o or from Latin a, becomes aw in monosyllables, as in brawd, " brother " from *brater; in the penult it is o, as in broder, " brothers," in the ultima aw, later o, as in pechawd, now pechod, from peccatum.
The penult peel goes through to 2 yds in front of rover.
Fergus McInnes runs penult, with two peels done.. .
Three times Jamieson tried to make penult with blue.
However almost at the finishing post, he failed a reasonably easy penult.
There then followed a standoff, with Pete guarding 2-back and Dave Penult.