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latter

adj
/ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)//ˈlæt.ɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English latter, lattere, lattre, from Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”). Equivalent to late + -er, thus a doublet of later; also, related to last, whose doublet is latest.

  1. inherited from lætra
  2. inherited from latter

Definitions

  1. Relating to or being the second of two items.

    • The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though).
    • On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.
    • the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior

  2. Near (or nearer) to the end.

    • the latter part of the century

  3. In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.

    • In his latter years my dad became very absent-minded.
    • Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania […]?

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Derived

at latter Lammas, latter end, lattermost, latterness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at latter. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at latter. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at latter

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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