eastermostadj.

Brit.

/ˈiːstəməʊst/, U.S.

/ˈistərˌmoʊst/

Forms: see easter adj. and -most suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: easter adj., -most suffix.

Etymology: < easter adj. + -most suffix. Compare westermost adj., southermost adj., northermost adj. Compare earlier eastmost adj. and later easternmost adj.Later examples may simply show typographical errors for easternmost adj.

Now rare.

= easternmost adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [adjective] > most

eastmosteOE

eastermost1555

easternmosta1631

far-eastern1913

1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 351^v The eastermost tree is the hyghest.

1556 Protocol Bk. A. Gaw (1910) 24 The estirmaist ij buttis of the toun.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. vii. §3. 341 The..Easter-most Hills of Tyre.

c1641–54 J. Gordon in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 535 2 burns falling in Dochart..the westermost cald Æchalyn, the eastermost Alt Darnaske.

1704 Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. 51/2 The bigger Island..is the Eastermost.

1716 J. Perry State of Russia 62 The Czar also has Intentions to send Ships to search out the Eastermost Parts of the Caspian Sea.

1751 C. Clarke Conjectures Very Antient Piece of Money 23 This Money was introduced by some Germans of the Eastermost part of that nation.

1832 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum i. 175 The eastermost Pelasgian country on the Propontis.

1886 Four Papers (Royal Berks. Hist. & Sci. Soc.) 123 The eastermost branch is about two rods wide and the bottom is very good.

1908 Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 23 103 Cape Dundas, it must be remembered, is the eastermost point of the islands.

1961 Anthropol. Q. 34 19 The Queyras..is the eastermost sector of the French Departement of the Hautes-Alpes.

2003 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 107/1 The U8 [bus]..serves the eastermost corner of Washington, D.C.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eastermost
释义	eastermostadj. Brit. /ˈiːstəməʊst/, U.S. /ˈistərˌmoʊst/ Forms: see easter adj. and -most suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: easter adj., -most suffix. Etymology: < easter adj. + -most suffix. Compare westermost adj., southermost adj., northermost adj. Compare earlier eastmost adj. and later easternmost adj.Later examples may simply show typographical errors for easternmost adj. Now rare. = easternmost adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [adjective] > most eastmosteOE eastermost1555 easternmosta1631 far-eastern1913 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 351^v The eastermost tree is the hyghest. 1556 Protocol Bk. A. Gaw (1910) 24 The estirmaist ij buttis of the toun. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. vii. §3. 341 The..Easter-most Hills of Tyre. c1641–54 J. Gordon in W. Macfarlane Geogr. Coll. Scotl. (1907) II. 535 2 burns falling in Dochart..the westermost cald Æchalyn, the eastermost Alt Darnaske. 1704 Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. 51/2 The bigger Island..is the Eastermost. 1716 J. Perry State of Russia 62 The Czar also has Intentions to send Ships to search out the Eastermost Parts of the Caspian Sea. 1751 C. Clarke Conjectures Very Antient Piece of Money 23 This Money was introduced by some Germans of the Eastermost part of that nation. 1832 J. C. Hare in Philol. Museum i. 175 The eastermost Pelasgian country on the Propontis. 1886 Four Papers (Royal Berks. Hist. & Sci. Soc.) 123 The eastermost branch is about two rods wide and the bottom is very good. 1908 Trans. & Proc. Bot. Soc. Edinb. 23 103 Cape Dundas, it must be remembered, is the eastermost point of the islands. 1961 Anthropol. Q. 34 19 The Queyras..is the eastermost sector of the French Departement of the Hautes-Alpes. 2003 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 107/1 The U8 [bus]..serves the eastermost corner of Washington, D.C. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1555
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