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▪ I. † ultimo, n. Obs.—1
[? a. It., Sp., or Pg. ultimo: see ultime a.]
= ultimum.
1622in Foster Eng. Factories Ind. (1908) II. 11 Which is as farr as the Nabobs perwanna importes, and is the ultimo of there and our owne expectacions.
▪ II. ‖ ultimo, a. and adv.|ˈʌltɪməʊ|
[L. ultimō (sc. diē or mense), abl. sing. masc. of ultimus last. So in G., Du., Sw., etc.]
†1. On the last day (of a specified month). Obs.
1582Allen Martyrd. Fr. E. Campion (1908) 17 In the xxij yere of the raigne of our soveraine Lady the Queene, Maij vltimo. 1682J. Scarlett Exchanges 102 If it be dated ultimo February, then its not due till the ultimo March. Ibid., If for the 30th of June he write ultimo, it will not be due till ultimo July.
2. Of last month. (Abbreviated ult. and ulto.)
1616R. Cocks Diary (Hakl. Soc.) I. 125, I receved a letter from Mr. Wickham, dated..the 22th ultimo. 1683W. Hedges Diary (Hakl. Soc.) I. 63 Letters from Cassumbazar advised Thomas Bromly dyed y⊇ 29 Ultimo. 1754Washington Let. Writ. 1889 I. 70 The 25th ultimo,..I received ye news of your Honour's arrival. 1792Ibid. (1891) XII. 242, I was very glad to receive your letter of the 31st ultimo. 1823P. Hawker Diary (1893) I. 261 The morning of the 31st ultimo. 1841Hawthorne in J. Hawthorne N. Hawthorne & Wife (1885) I. 227, I took up my abode here on the 12th ultimo. |