Preposʹterous
means “the cart before the horse.” (Latin, prœ posterus, the first last and the last first.)
means “the cart before the horse.” (Latin, prœ posterus, the first last and the last first.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.