aftermost
aftermost adjective: nearest the stern of a vessel; farthest aft.
Adjective
aftermost (not comparable)
- Nearest the stern of a vessel; farthest aft.
- 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;1644, Henry Manwayring, The Sea-mans Dictionary, London: John Bellamy, page 101
- My station during the engagement was on the middle-deck, where I was quartered with another boy, to bring powder to the aftermost gun;1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 4, in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, volume 1, London, page 148
- Antonyms:
- foremost
- Most recent.
- 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.1653, Peter English, The Survey of Policy, Leith, Section 1, Subsection 1, p. 99
- Now whiles I was taken up with these anxious thoughts, a messenger […] came to me from the Lord Denny […], my after-most Honourable Patron, entreating me from his Lordship to speak with him.1663, Clement Barksdale, Memorials of Worthy Persons, Oxford, page 78
Adverb
aftermost (not comparable)
- At the very back.
- And he put the handmaids and their children, first: and Leah and her children, after; and Rachel and Ioseph, aftermost.1627, Henry Ainsworth, Annotations upon the Five Bookes of Moses, the Booke of the Psalmes, and the Song of Songs, London: John Bellamy, Genesis 33, page 122
aftermost meaning in Tamil
aftermost in Tamil
- எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் பிந்திய, கடையான, கப்பலின் பின்புறத்துக்கு மிக அண்மையான
Synonyms of aftermost
Antonyms
Origin of aftermost
From Old English æftemest.
Questions about aftermost
- What does aftermost mean?
- Aftermost means nearest the stern of a vessel; farthest aft.
- What is aftermost in Tamil?
- Aftermost in Tamil is எல்லாவற்றிற்கும் பிந்திய, கடையான, கப்பலின் பின்புறத்துக்கு மிக அண்மையான. See Aftermost meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aftermost?
- Aftermost can be an adjective or an adverb.
Words near aftermost in the dictionary
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