lastness

lastness

English

Etymology

From last +‎ -ness.

Noun

lastness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being or coming last; finality.
    • 1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries:
      ' […] The thing has gone and I am branded as the last to handle it.'
      'Yes, yes,' said Carrados, […] ' […] There stands the man we want, as plain as a pikestaff for us, only you and your lastness get between so persistently that we cannot see him.'

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