Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
On the last day (of a specified month).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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adv
Of last month.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
A suburb of Sydney in the Sydney council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
= The ultimum; the final, ultimate point of a sequence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: no-plural, obsolete, rare
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adjective satellite
in or of the month preceding the present one
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: ult
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
First attested in 1622; from either the Italian ultimo, or the Portuguese último, or the Spanish ultimo; compare ultime.
