penultimate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

penultimate
    adj 1: next to the last; "the author inadvertently reveals the
           murderer in the penultimate chapter"; "the figures in the
           next-to-last column" [syn: {penultimate}, {next-to-last}]
    n 1: the next to last syllable in a word [syn: {penult},
         {penultima}, {penultimate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, a.
   Last but one; as, the penultimate syllable, the last syllable
   but one of a word.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Penultimate \Pe*nul"ti*mate\, n.
   The penult.
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