Meanings
- superlativesuperlative form of first: most first; first even among others of leading rank.
The firstmost thing I remember about him was something he told me, and I'll get to that in a minute.
1991, Jim Ritchie, Shocco Tales: Southern Fried Sagas, page 393 more examples
"We've got more meat than we shall know what to do with, Edward. Take the horse, go down to Charlie Bell's ship-yard, borrow a tackle, and ask Edmund Griffin to come and help us dress him; but firstmost let's get him into the barn, out of the hot sun."
1892, Elijah Kellogg, John Godsoe's Legacy, page 116Apart from that I don't know the firstmost thing about getting divorced." I've found out all about it, Ma," she said.
1948, Thomas Owen Beachcroft, Collected Stories of T.O. Beachcroft, page 363"Firstmost," he said, "I wish to extend my thanks for the goodwill and friendship, though both be undeserved, such as you would show by your having come
1999, Thomas Mann, translated by John E. Woods, Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
By surface analysis, first + -most.
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