sternforemost

adv — 2 senses

sternforemost

adv

Etymology From stern + foremost.

1

Nautical, Transport Archaic astern, to the rear.

2

Archaic, Figuratively In an awkward, blundering manner.

A fatal genius for going sternforemost.1870, James Russell Lowell, Among my Books:

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