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laglast

noun

Etymology

From lag + last.

  1. derived from *laistijaną✻
  2. derived from *laistijan✻
  3. derived from lǣstan
  4. derived from lasten
  5. compounded as laglast — “lag + last”

Definitions

  1. A pupil ranked behind all others

    A pupil ranked behind all others; an academic failure.

    • Master Roland says I am a dunce if I do not make them; and shall abide as I am, the laglast of the school, till I better know how to scan my lines, and have learnt the difference between a trochee and a spondee; […]
    • It may be taken for granted, it is said, that where the cleverest boys are best taught, there the laglasts will be whipped up most sharply.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA