Forelast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Forelast is an adjective meaning (rare, now possibly nonstandard) Next to last, second to last.
Meaning
(rare, now possibly nonstandard) Next to last, second to last.
Example Sentences
when the blight came on the crop the summer forelast he would not help us.
The second statement is a special case of the forelast, and the forelast one follows from the last, whose proof is obvious[…]
Certain disyllables, being both Nouns and Verbs, are distinguished by the Accent: the Verb having it in the last, and the Noun in the fore-last[…]
The only difference between the 12 song books selected, which is at all worth mentioning, is that Aiken, Gantvoort, Jepson, Ripley, Zeiner have in the forelast bar—[sheet music] whereas[…]
Word Forms
- fore-last
Synonyms for forelast
Depending on context, synonyms include penultimate.
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