headforemost

English

Etymology

head +‎ foremost

Adverb

headforemost (not comparable)

  1. headfirst
    • 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, Canto XXXIV, page 53:
      ’Twere best at once to sink to peace,
      ⁠Like birds the charming serpent draws,
      ⁠To drop head-foremost in the jaws
      Of vacant darkness and to cease.
    • 1894, Robert Michael Ballantyne, The Dog Crusoe and His Master‎:
      Exerting all his remaining strength he rushed down the bank, dropped his rifle, and plunged headforemost into the stream.
    • 1900, Blackwood Ketcham Benson, Who Goes There?‎:
      He doubled up and went headforemost to the ground.
    • 1912, B. M. Bower, Good Indian‎:
      Quick, or I'll land you headforemost in that pond, you infernal old hag!"

Synonyms

Translations
headlong — see headlong
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