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Everest|ˈɛvərɪst|
[The name of the highest mountain in the world, on the frontier of Nepal and Tibet, f. the name of Sir George Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India.]
Used transf. to designate the greatest conceivable achievement, spiritual height, difficulty, etc.
1929R. Aldington Death of Hero i. ii. 52 Isabel..displayed signs of that..talent for violent invective she afterwards developed to such Everest peaks of unpleasantness. 1956A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 346, I see him [sc. Jesus] as the Everest among the world's many high mountains. 1958Duke of Edinburgh in M. Holdgate Mountains in Sea p. v, Every man has to face his Everest some time during his life. |