hindmost

[hahynd-mohst or, esp. British, -muh st]

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adjective

furtherest behind or nearest the rear; last.

Origin of hindmost

1325–75; Middle English. See hind¹, -most

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Related Words for hindmost

final, rear, concluding

Examples from the Web for hindmost

Historical Examples of hindmost

"Deil tak the hindmost" is by no means the crie de guerre of my muse.
The Letters of Robert Burns
Robert Burns
It was every man for himself and the Devil take the hindmost.
The Web of the Golden Spider
Frederick Orin Bartlett
You, sir, with your "devil take the hindmost," have never even seen him.
The Pigeon (Third Series Plays)
John Galsworthy
It'll be every man for himself an' the devil take the hindmost.
Prairie Flowers
James B. Hendryx
Hindmost sole, possibly “inmost soul”; wisk, possibly “whisk.”
The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's
Talbot Baines Reed

British Dictionary definitions for hindmost

hindmost

hindermost (ˈhaɪndəˌməʊst)

adjective

furthest back; last

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Word Origin and History for hindmost

adj.

late 14c., from hind (adj.) + -most.

Thra. What, if a toy take 'em i' the heels now, and they run all away, and cry, 'The devil take the hindmost'?
Dion. Then the same devil take the foremost too, and souse him for his breakfast! [Beaumont & Fletcher, "Philaster," Act V, Sc. 2, 1611]

Idioms and Phrases with hindmost

hindmost

see devil take the hindmost.