English Explanatory Dictionary

darrein

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In the names of legal actions, pleas, writs, etc.: final, last; dernier.

Pronunciation

/dəˈɹeɪn/ /ˈdæɹeɪn/ en-uk-darrein.opus

Word forms

darrein

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman derreyn, dreyn; from Old French darrein, darrain (Modern French dernier); from an assumed Late Latin *deretrānus (“to hinder”), from dē (“from, away from”) + retrō (“back, backwards; before, formerly”).

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