hindmost
/ˈhaɪndmoʊst/
hindmost is the superlative form of hind.
Meaning of hind
Adjective
hind (comparative hinder, superlative hindmost)
- 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...
- Backward; to the rear.
Origin of hindmost
From Middle English hindemest, from Old English hindemest, superlative of hindema; compare Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (hindumists). By surface analysis, hind + -most.
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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/.
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