Word of the Day: Penultimate

[debodun]

Penultimate (adjective) - the next-to-last in a series of things.

"Our Mutual Friend" was the penultimate novel of Charles Dickens.

 

[Keesha]

Penultimate is too big a word for me.

 

[win231]

Penultimate (adjective) - the next-to-last in a series of things.

"Our Mutual Friend" was the penultimate novel of Charles Dickens.

I'll bet there is a huge dictionary somewhere in your house.

 

[debodun]

 

[Aunt Marg]

Even though I was nearing the penultimate act of the play, I was on the edge of my seat – completely riveted by the story

 

[Paco Dennis]

Plenexia : Pleonexia, sometimes called pleonexy, originating from the Greek πλεονεξία, is a philosophical concept which roughly corresponds to greed, covetousness, or avarice, and is strictly defined as "the insatiable desire to have what rightfully belongs to others."