eastmostadj.

Brit.

/ˈiːs(t)məʊst/, U.S.

/ˈis(t)ˌmoʊst/, Scottish English

/ˈis(t)most/

Forms: Old English eastemæst, Old English eastemest, Middle English estmost, 1500s eastmoste, 1800s– eastmost; Scottish pre-1700 eastmest, pre-1700 eistmest, pre-1700 eistmost, pre-1700 estmast, pre-1700 estmest, pre-1700 1700s– eastmost.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: east adv., -most suffix.

Etymology: < east adv. + -most suffix. Compare northmost adj., southmost adj., westmost adj.Perhaps independently re-formed in Middle English and Older Scots.

Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish.

= easternmost adj.From the 14th to the 19th centuries chiefly Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

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

eastmosteOE

eastermost1555

easternmosta1631

far-eastern1913

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. i. 132 Hit..Godes bebod wæs..hu emnlice þa feower onwealdas þara feower heafedrica þisses middangeardes gestodon. Þæt æreste wæs on Asirium, on þæm eastemestan [OE Tiber. eastemæstan] onwalde, on Babylonia þære byrig.

lOE Bounds (Sawyer 516) in M. A. O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne (1988) 35 Of ran wylle, up on þone eastemestan holan weg up to hricgge.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 4494 (MED) Fram þe west syde of þe world to þe est most ende.

1388–9 in G. D. MacRae Early Sc. Texts (1975) No. 2 To the ester wele of Sanct Johnnis vnder the crag and fra thyne evin furth lynit to the hede of the estmest red heuch.

?1446 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 247 Fra thine a perty northest to the estmast welespring.

1488 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 2 Johne of Wallod, balye,..deliuerit..possession to the said Nichol of the estmest butht of the said land.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 201 The eistmest part of Britane to the se.

1587 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 306 The eastmoste bed, next to the windowe, in the hye chamber.

1641 in D. Robertson S. Leith Rec. (1911) 37 The session ordained hir to have the eastmost halfe of the leach desk before the saillors leach seats.

1656 J. Nicholl Diary Public Trans. & Other Occurr. (1836) 189 The eistmest kirk of the twa being first compleit and put in ordor.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. viii. 75 Bassora is the eastmost City..in the Turkish Dominions.

1772 Edinb. Evening Courant 11 Jan. The two eastmost houses have cellars below them.

a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) i. 2 My father purchased the eastmost house on the south side of the Meadows.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 12 Up the eastmost of the beech-slopes brown He turned.

1905 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 37 665 England's oldest colony is in touch with our markets; its port, the eastmost in North America, is three and one half days from Europe.

1948 Scotsman 8 Apr. Top flat, east most house at 72 Promenade, Portobello.

1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 146 The American empire, whose east-most province was Germany.

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

单词	eastmost
释义	eastmostadj. Brit. /ˈiːs(t)məʊst/, U.S. /ˈis(t)ˌmoʊst/, Scottish English /ˈis(t)most/ Forms: Old English eastemæst, Old English eastemest, Middle English estmost, 1500s eastmoste, 1800s– eastmost; Scottish pre-1700 eastmest, pre-1700 eistmest, pre-1700 eistmost, pre-1700 estmast, pre-1700 estmest, pre-1700 1700s– eastmost. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: east adv., -most suffix. Etymology: < east adv. + -most suffix. Compare northmost adj., southmost adj., westmost adj.Perhaps independently re-formed in Middle English and Older Scots. Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish. = easternmost adj.From the 14th to the 19th centuries chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [adjective] > most eastmosteOE eastermost1555 easternmosta1631 far-eastern1913 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. i. 132 Hit..Godes bebod wæs..hu emnlice þa feower onwealdas þara feower heafedrica þisses middangeardes gestodon. Þæt æreste wæs on Asirium, on þæm eastemestan [OE Tiber. eastemæstan] onwalde, on Babylonia þære byrig. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 516) in M. A. O'Donovan Charters of Sherborne (1988) 35 Of ran wylle, up on þone eastemestan holan weg up to hricgge. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 4494 (MED) Fram þe west syde of þe world to þe est most ende. 1388–9 in G. D. MacRae Early Sc. Texts (1975) No. 2 To the ester wele of Sanct Johnnis vnder the crag and fra thyne evin furth lynit to the hede of the estmest red heuch. ?1446 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis (1845) I. 247 Fra thine a perty northest to the estmast welespring. 1488 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 2 Johne of Wallod, balye,..deliuerit..possession to the said Nichol of the estmest butht of the said land. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 201 The eistmest part of Britane to the se. 1587 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 306 The eastmoste bed, next to the windowe, in the hye chamber. 1641 in D. Robertson S. Leith Rec. (1911) 37 The session ordained hir to have the eastmost halfe of the leach desk before the saillors leach seats. 1656 J. Nicholl Diary Public Trans. & Other Occurr. (1836) 189 The eistmest kirk of the twa being first compleit and put in ordor. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. viii. 75 Bassora is the eastmost City..in the Turkish Dominions. 1772 Edinb. Evening Courant 11 Jan. The two eastmost houses have cellars below them. a1854 Ld. Cockburn Memorials (1856) i. 2 My father purchased the eastmost house on the south side of the Meadows. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 12 Up the eastmost of the beech-slopes brown He turned. 1905 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 37 665 England's oldest colony is in touch with our markets; its port, the eastmost in North America, is three and one half days from Europe. 1948 Scotsman 8 Apr. Top flat, east most house at 72 Promenade, Portobello. 1995 G. Vidal Palimpsest 146 The American empire, whose east-most province was Germany. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOE
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