sternforemost
English
Etymology
stern + foremost
Adverb
sternforemost (not comparable)
- With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance.
- (figuratively) In an awkward, blundering manner.
- 1870, James Russell Lowell, Among my Books
- A fatal genius for going sternforemost.
- 1870, James Russell Lowell, Among my Books
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sternforemost in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)