hindmost

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈhaɪndmoʊst/

Definition of hindmost

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (form-of, superlative)superlative form of hind: most hind
    “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!”
    “The foremost chain-man goes forward and the hindmost one follows, and stands with his hand above the first pin, and moves the foremost assistant to the right or left, till he is exactly on the line; when he is ordered to stick in his second pin.”

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Etymology

From Middle English hindemest, from Old English hindemest, superlative of hindema; compare Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐍃 (hindumists). By surface analysis, hind + -most.

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