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sternforemost

sternforemost adverb: astern, to the rear.

Adverb

sternforemost (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) astern, to the rear.
  2. (archaic, figuratively) In an awkward, blundering manner.
    • A fatal genius for going sternforemost.1870, James Russell Lowell, Among my Books

Origin of sternforemost

From stern + foremost.

Questions about sternforemost

What does sternforemost mean?
Sternforemost means astern, to the rear.
What part of speech is sternforemost?
Sternforemost is an adverb.

Words near sternforemost in the dictionary

  1. sterners
  2. sternes
  3. sternest
  4. sternfast
  5. sternfasts
  6. sternforemost
  7. Sternhagen
  8. Sternian
  9. sternid
  10. sternids
  11. sterning

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