aftermost

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aftermost

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From Old English æftemest.

adjective

not comparable Nearest the stern of a vessel; farthest aft. All the after-most part of the ship, is called the sterne (by a generall appellation) but most exactly considered, only the very outwardmost part abaft is the sterne;
Similar: hindmost, aftmost · Opposite: foremost
not comparable, obsolete Most recent. 1653, Peter English, The Survey of Policy, Leith, Section 1, Subsection 1, p. 99, In this sense Aristotle’s words hold good, if he refer the former part of the fourth species to the after-most times and ultimat center of Heroicisme, and the latter part to the prior, though not to the first times the

adverb

not comparable, obsolete At the very back. And he put the handmaids and their children, first: and Leah and her children, after; and Rachel and Ioseph, aftermost.

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@misc{aftermost_2026,
  title = {aftermost},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aftermost},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}