backmost en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈbækˌmoʊst/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English backmost From back + -most.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) farthest back
1922, Thomas Hardy, Late Lyrics and Earlier This [hobby] was to delve at whiles for easel-lumber, / Stowed in the backmost slums of a soon-reached city, / Merely on chance to uncloak some worthy canvas, […]