| 释义 |
hindermost, a. arch.|ˈhaɪndəməʊst|
[f. hinder a.1 + -most: see hind a. Cf. innermost, uppermost, uttermost.]
= hindmost.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. iii. xxii. (1495) 70 The tresour of mynde is the hyndermest place of the brayne. c1400Melayne 1277 Oure Cristen knyghtis with þaire speres The Hyndirmaste fro þaire blonkes beres. c1450Merlin 286 These..were hyndermeste in the route. 1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Chirurg., The formost is the byggest. The myddlemost the least, & the hyndermost is meane. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. xi, The stern of the hindermost boat. 1783Ainsworth's Lat. Dict. (Morell) i. s.v., The hindermost dog may catch the hare. [1814W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. LXXIV. 305 It is not legitimate to combine both forms of inflection, and to say or to write hindermost.] |