"sternforemost" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "stern + foremost",
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  "etymology_text": "From stern + foremost.",
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      "expansion": "sternforemost (not comparable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "name": "Nautical",
          "orig": "en:Nautical",
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      "glosses": [
        "astern, to the rear."
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        "(nautical, archaic) astern, to the rear."
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "not-comparable"
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        "nautical",
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          "ref": "1870, James Russell Lowell, Among my Books:",
          "text": "A fatal genius for going sternforemost.",
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      "glosses": [
        "In an awkward, blundering manner."
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          "awkward",
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          "blundering",
          "blundering"
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        "(figurative, archaic) In an awkward, blundering manner."
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        "archaic",
        "figuratively",
        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "sternforemost"
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  "etymology_text": "From stern + foremost.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "astern, to the rear."
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        "(nautical, archaic) astern, to the rear."
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        "not-comparable"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In an awkward, blundering manner."
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        "(figurative, archaic) In an awkward, blundering manner."
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