Meanings
ultimo1
alternative obsolete vltimo
- not comparableobsoleteOn the last day (of a specified month).
alternative obsolete Ultimo · alternative abbreviation ult. · alternative contraction ulto
- not comparableOf last month.
I receivd your favour of the 18th Ultimo in due time & beg pardon for not having answerd it before.
1771 November 20, Alexander Hamilton, “From Alexander Hamilton to Fraser, Grant and Baillie, 20 November 1771”, in Harold C. Syrett, editor, The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, volumes 1, 1768–1778, New York: Columbia University Press, published 1962, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15
ultimo2
Ultimo3
- A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
ultimo · adjective, adverb
- Latinultimō
- Englishultimo
First attested in 1582; from Latin ultimō (elliptically for ultimō diē or ultimō mēnse), masculine ablative singular form of ultimus (“last”); cognate with Dutch ultimo, the German ultimo, the Swedish ultimo, etc.
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Full word history & related roots →ultimo · noun
- Spanishultimo
- Portugueseúltimo
- Italianultimo
- Englishultimo
First attested in 1622; from either the Italian ultimo, or the Portuguese último, or the Spanish ultimo; compare ultime.
More words from Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
ultimo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultimo
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