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Aftermost
adj, adv
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Nearest the stern of a vessel. not-comparable
"All the after-most part of the ship, is called the sterne (by a generall appellation) but most exactly considered, only the very outwardmost part abaft is the sterne;"
- 2 Most recent. not-comparable, obsolete
"1653, Peter English, The Survey of Policy, Leith, Section 1, Subsection 1, p. 99, In this sense Aristotle’s words hold good, if he refer the former part of the fourth species to the after-most times and ultimat center of Heroicisme, and the latter part to the prior, though not to the first times thereof."
Adjective
- 1 located closest to the stern or tail wordnet
Adverb
- 1 At the very back. not-comparable, obsolete
"And he put the handmaids and their children, first: and Leah and her children, after; and Rachel and Ioseph, aftermost."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Old English æftemest.
Etymology 2
From Old English æftemest.
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