- backermore
- † ˈbackermore, adv. Obs.
In 5 bakkermore.[See back adv. 1.]Farther back; more to the rear.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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back — {{11}}back (adj.) Middle English, from BACK (Cf. back) (n.) and BACK (Cf. back) (adv.). Formerly with comp. backer (c.1400), also backermore. To be on the back burner in the figurative sense is from 1960, from the image of a cook keeping a pot… … Etymology dictionary
-more — more, suffix (mɔə(r)) forming advs. of place (rarely of time) in the comparative degree (most of which have given rise to adjs. of identical form). Chiefly appended to advs. having already the comparative ending er, as in backermore, downermore,… … Useful english dictionary
