Sternforemost

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sternforemost \Stern`fore"most`\, adv.
     With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence,
     figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
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           A fatal genius for going sternforemost.  --Lowell.


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