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lastling

lastling noun: someone or something that is last.

Noun

lastling (plural lastlings)

  1. Someone or something that is last.
    • He, however, who would be a firstling, let him take care lest he also become a lastling!1909, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Oscar Levy, The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche, page 357
    • Then I pray thee to take heart again,
      And say to them, O my beloved lastling: 'Give heed
      at least how beautiful I am.'1912, Dante Alighieri, The Convivio of Dante Alighieri, page 62
    Antonyms:
    firstling
    1. An endling (someone who is the last of their kind; something that is the last of its kind).

Antonyms of lastling

Forms of lastling

plurallastlings

Origin of lastling

From last + -ling.

Questions about lastling

What does lastling mean?
Lastling means someone or something that is last.
What part of speech is lastling?
Lastling is a noun.
What is the plural of lastling?
The plural of lastling is lastlings.

Words near lastling in the dictionary

  1. Lastingers
  2. Lastingham
  3. lastingly
  4. lastingness
  5. lastings
  6. lastling
  7. lastlings
  8. lastly
  9. lastmaker
  10. lastmakers
  11. lastmaking

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