last-born

[ last-bawrn, lahst- ]

adjective

1. last in order of birth; youngest.

noun

1. a last-born or youngest child.

Word History and Origins

Origin of last-born¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

So was her last-born, a 1-year-old.

From New York Times

Bessie sat on the hearth, nursing her last-born, and Robert and his sister played quietly in a corner.

From Literature

“What for you,” my mother would say, taking my face in her hands, “my last-born, my baby? Four dowries is too much for a man to bear.”

From Literature

Stefanov says that in the traditional communities in that part of the world, regardless of the religion or ethnicity, "there is an unwritten rule that the last-born female child stays with the parents until their death".

From BBC

There was a time one would have received a bright and intricate response that would in turn have unfolded silly and weighty questions to which Emily gave her best answers; and while the meandering hypotheses they indulged were hard to recall in detail now, she knew she never spoke so well as she had to her eleven-year-old last-born.

From Literature