northmostadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːθməʊst/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrθˌmoʊst/, Scottish English

/ˈnɔrθmost/

Forms: Old English norðmæst, Old English norþmest, Old English norðmest, 1600s– northmost; Scottish pre-1700 nourthemest, pre-1700 1700s– northmost, 1800s normost, 1900s– nortmast (Shetland). Also with capital initial.

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

Etymology: < north adv. + -most suffix. Compare southmost adj., eastmost adj., westmost adj.Perhaps independently re-formed in Older Scots and early modern English.

Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish.

Most northerly. Cf. northermost adj., northernmost adj.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent.

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

northereOE

northmosteOE

northest1488

northermost1572

northernmost1661

normost1694

far-northern1856

eOE Metres of Boethius ix. 43 Oð ða norðmestan næssan on eorðan.

OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vii. 26 Sciþþie þa norðmestan hæfdon ungewunelice hæton.

OE Bounds (Sawyer 179) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 496 And swa æfter þa norðmæstan port weige.

lOE Bounds (Sawyer 820) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 632 Þonon on ðone norðmæstan weg.

1561–3 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 383 Ane greit corbell to be the north most windo dormound.

1564 Mary Queen of Scots in Sir J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 112 Having bene in our progres towardis the nourthemest partis of our realm.

a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 303 To this Eufride the northmest part tha gaif.

1600 J. Norden Vicissitudo Rerum sig. F Spaine, Italy, France, high, low Germany, And England Northmost, equall with the best.

1643 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 3 In the northmest end of the grammer scoole.

1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 82 The great River..at the Northmost Part of the Coast of Mozambique.

1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 469 I had the pleasure last night..to observe a comet in the southern hemisphere, near the northmost extremity of the river Eridanus.

1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 53 The southmost dark belt is very faint; the northmost is the strongest and broadest.

1853 Littell's Living Age 9 Apr. 114/1 I've been kent by that sign as far as the northmost fisher town that ever sent boats to a drave.

1888 A. C. Swinburne Armada iii. i Darker far than the tempests are that sweep the skies of her northmost clime.

1939 Ecol. Monographs 9 98 The Sammamish Slough..flows into the northmost end of Lake Washington.

1953 E. Merriam Tomorrow Morning 48 This rare cold, this northmost solitude Austere Beyond human mood.

2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Nov. 15 Kilmore West is a corporation estate..built on the then northmost reaches of Dublin City.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	northmost
释义	northmostadj. Brit. /ˈnɔːθməʊst/, U.S. /ˈnɔrθˌmoʊst/, Scottish English /ˈnɔrθmost/ Forms: Old English norðmæst, Old English norþmest, Old English norðmest, 1600s– northmost; Scottish pre-1700 nourthemest, pre-1700 1700s– northmost, 1800s normost, 1900s– nortmast (Shetland). Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: north adv., -most suffix. Etymology: < north adv. + -most suffix. Compare southmost adj., eastmost adj., westmost adj.Perhaps independently re-formed in Older Scots and early modern English. Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish. Most northerly. Cf. northermost adj., northernmost adj.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective] > most northereOE northmosteOE northest1488 northermost1572 northernmost1661 normost1694 far-northern1856 eOE Metres of Boethius ix. 43 Oð ða norðmestan næssan on eorðan. OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vii. 26 Sciþþie þa norðmestan hæfdon ungewunelice hæton. OE Bounds (Sawyer 179) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 496 And swa æfter þa norðmæstan port weige. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 820) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1893) III. 632 Þonon on ðone norðmæstan weg. 1561–3 in R. Adam Edinb. Rec. (1899) I. 383 Ane greit corbell to be the north most windo dormound. 1564 Mary Queen of Scots in Sir J. Melville Mem. Own Life (1827) 112 Having bene in our progres towardis the nourthemest partis of our realm. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 303 To this Eufride the northmest part tha gaif. 1600 J. Norden Vicissitudo Rerum sig. F Spaine, Italy, France, high, low Germany, And England Northmost, equall with the best. 1643 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1872) II. 3 In the northmest end of the grammer scoole. 1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 82 The great River..at the Northmost Part of the Coast of Mozambique. 1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 469 I had the pleasure last night..to observe a comet in the southern hemisphere, near the northmost extremity of the river Eridanus. 1794 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 84 53 The southmost dark belt is very faint; the northmost is the strongest and broadest. 1853 Littell's Living Age 9 Apr. 114/1 I've been kent by that sign as far as the northmost fisher town that ever sent boats to a drave. 1888 A. C. Swinburne Armada iii. i Darker far than the tempests are that sweep the skies of her northmost clime. 1939 Ecol. Monographs 9 98 The Sammamish Slough..flows into the northmost end of Lake Washington. 1953 E. Merriam Tomorrow Morning 48 This rare cold, this northmost solitude Austere Beyond human mood. 2001 Irish Times (Nexis) 26 Nov. 15 Kilmore West is a corporation estate..built on the then northmost reaches of Dublin City. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.eOE
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