Homophones
adj
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Meanings
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adj
dated, in correspondence: of the present month, used after a stated date
The notice referred to his letter of the 10th inst.
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Etymology
An abbreviation of instant in its dated commercial and epistolary sense 'of the present month,' ultimately from Latin instante mense, 'in the current month.' It normally appears after a date and is conventionally written inst.