sternforemost

English

Etymology

From stern +‎ foremost.

Adverb

sternforemost (not comparable)

1. (nautical, archaic) astern, to the rear.
2. (figurative, archaic) In an awkward, blundering manner.
   • 1870, James Russell Lowell, Among my Books:

     A fatal genius for going sternforemost.

References

• “sternforemost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.