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lastness

lastness noun: the quality of being or coming last; finality.

Noun

lastness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being or coming last; finality.
    • '[…] The thing has gone and I am branded as the last to handle it.'
      'Yes, yes,' said Carrados, […] '[…] There stands the man we want, as plain as a pikestaff for us, only you and your lastness get between so persistently that we cannot see him.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Origin of lastness

From last + -ness.

Questions about lastness

What does lastness mean?
Lastness means the quality of being or coming last; finality.
What part of speech is lastness?
Lastness is a noun.

Words near lastness in the dictionary

  1. lastmaker
  2. lastmakers
  3. lastmaking
  4. lastminute.com
  5. lastminutitis
  6. lastness
  7. lastol
  8. Lastovo
  9. Lastra
  10. Lastrade
  11. Lastrapes

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