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hindmost

/ˈhaɪndmoʊst/

hindmost is the superlative form of hind.

Meaning of hind

Adjective

hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)

  1. Located at the rear (most often said of animals' body parts).
    • Fareweel, my rhyme-compoſing billie! / Your native ſoil was right ill-willie; / But may ye flouriſh like a lily, / Now bonilie! / I'll toaſt ye in my hindmoſt gillie, / Tho' owre the Sea!1786 July 31, Robert Burns, “On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire: Printed by John Wilson, →OCLC; reprinted Kilmarnock...
  2. Backward; to the rear.

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Origin of hindmost

From Middle English hindemest, from Old English hindemest, superlative of hindema; compare Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (hindumists). By surface analysis, hind + -most.

Phrases with hindmost

Questions about hindmost

What is hindmost the superlative form of?
Hindmost is the superlative form of hind.
How do you pronounce hindmost?
Hindmost is pronounced /ˈhaɪndmoʊst/.

Words near hindmost in the dictionary

  1. hindmargins
  2. Hindmarsh
  3. Hindmarshes
  4. hindmilk
  5. hindmilks
  6. hindmost
  7. hindneck
  8. hindnecks
  9. Hindology
  10. Hindolveston
  11. Hindoo

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