ult.

A form of ultimo — On the last day (of a specified month).

Meanings

adverbult. (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of ultimo (of last month).

    your letter of the 21ˢᵗ ult.

    3 more examples

    Cincinnati Gazette of 30th ult.

    1864 April 15, “[Selections.] Miss Emma Webb at Mozart Hall.”, in W[illia]m Lloyd Garrison, editor, The Liberator, volume XXXIV, number 16 (1732 overall), Boston, Mass.: J. B. Yerrinton & Son, →OCLC, page 61, column 2

    A correspondent in Shantung sends us the following note, under date the 23rd ult., and adds that "the subject is of vital interest for commerce, especially if this action of Germany's contemplates the opening of Chingtao as a port in the near future. It is well known that such has been their desire for some time past."

    1897 December 3, North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume LIX, number 1583, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 982, column 1

    Sir,—In the Agricultural Journal of the 16th ult. appears a lengthy letter signed by Mr. Andrew Smith, treating on the symptoms and remedies for Milt-sick Blood-poisoning.

    1891 September 10, H. W. Browne, Agricultural Journal, volume 4, number 5, Department of Agriculture of the Cape Colony, Milt-sick Blood-poisoning, page 58
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