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Definition of Penult
1. Noun. The next to last syllable in a word.
Definition of Penult
1. n. The last syllable but one of a word; the syllable preceding the final one.
Definition of Penult
1. Noun. The next-to-last syllable of a word. ¹
2. Noun. The next to the last in a series. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penult
1. the next to last syllable in a word [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penult
Literary usage of Penult
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Latin Grammar: Comprising the Substance of the Most by Peter Bullions (1873)
"For the quantity of penult syllables, no definite rule can be given which is not
rendered ... Patronymics in IDES or ADES usually shorten the penult; as, ..."
2. Grammar of the Greek Language, for the Use of High Schools and Colleges by Raphael Kühner, Bela Bates Edwards (1844)
"QUANTITY OF THE penult. it must be protracted in pronouncing. ... The following
summary will present the principal instances, in which the penult is long. ..."
3. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1856)
"Mandibles sometimes pointed, jaws unarmed; penult joint of tarsi bilobate,
antennae, filiform or setaceous, often longer than the head and thorax. ..."
4. The Elements of Greek Grammar by Richard Valpy, Charles Anthon (1834)
"The penult, of patronymic Nouns in aar,s is short, as Щ- Most proper names of
females in als have the penult, long, as Nuis, Aais ; but masculines in tug ..."
5. A Grammar of the Greek Language: For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Charles Anthon (1838)
"If the second aorist has a or e in the penult, the perfect middle changes this
... But if the a in the penult of the second aorist comes from at or ц in the ..."
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