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单词 downermost
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downermostadv.adj.

Forms: see downer adv. and -most suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: downer adv., -most suffix.
Etymology: < downer adv. + -most suffix, probably as alteration of downmost adv., downmost adj.With the use as adverb compare earlier downermore adv.
Chiefly Scottish. Obsolete. Somewhat rare.
A. adv.
In the lowest position; so as to face down; = downmost adv. Cf. downermore adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > in lowest position
lowmost1578
lowermost1579
undermost1617
downermost?c1690
downmost1716
?c1690 King William's March in J. Hogg Jacobite Relics (1819) I. xiv. 24 Wi' his back boonermost, An' his kyte downermost.
1886 J. J. Aubertin Six Months in Cape Colony & Natal x. 278 Every now and then your hammock is turned round [by the men carrying it], for your shoulders must be uppermost up hill, and downermost down hill.
1901 H. Beveridge Possibilities 69 Some'll be lyin' there heid doonermost till this day.
B. adj.
That is furthest down; at the very bottom; = downmost adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lowest
nethemesteOE
nethereOE
netherestc1350
lowerc1384
nethermosta1387
lowest1538
lowermost1547
lowmost1548
undermost1555
downmostc1600
bottommost1694
downermost1831
nadiral1891
1831 Border Mag. Nov. 9 Out comes an auld canker'd carlin' frae the doonermaist house o' the close.
1870 M. A. O'Donaghue Castle of Bouillon i. 14 Stored away..in the downermost depths of my mem'ry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018).
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