latter
Relating to or being the second of two items.
Example
“The archaic past participle shapen is only used in misshapen, ill-shapen, and well-shapen (the latter two are much less common, though).”
Other meanings
Near (or nearer) to the end.
In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
“In his latter years my dad became very absent-minded.”
Related words
- latterness
- at latter Lammas
- latter end
- lattermost
Word history
From Old English "lætra".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “latter” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.