southernmostadj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌðnməʊst/, U.S.

/ˈsəðərnˌmoʊst/

Forms: see southern adj. and n.¹ and -most suffix.

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

Etymology: < southern adj. + -most suffix. Compare earlier southermost adj., southmost adj. Compare also northernmost adj., easternmost adj., westernmost adj.

Situated furthest to the south; most southerly.

ΘΚΠ

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

southerOE

southmostOE

southermost1555

southernmost1591

far-southern1856

1591 Hortop's Trauailes Eng. Man (rev. ed.) 30 In this moneth of October last, departing from S. Lucar, at sea, off the sothernmost Cape, wee met an English ship, called the Galleon Dudley.

1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 85 This is the most Southernmost part of all his Territories.

1695 J. Stevens tr. M. de Faria y Sousa Portugues Asia I. iv. xx. 515 The Coast..runs again towards the South, to the other famous Cape of Cingapura, the Southernmost of all the Eastern Continent.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 99 The Southernmost Point of the Isthmus of Mallacca.

1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 11 Our latitude..is the southernmost of all England.

1819 J. Macculloch Descr. W. Isles I. 22 Tirey is the southernmost of the two, its length being twelve miles, and its greatest mean breadth about four.

1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 78 The southernmost vessel..will have the wind veering.

1882 H. de Windt On Equator 24 Along the south-west coast of Borneo from its southernmost boundary, Cape Datu.

1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. iii. 150 The word Matura is similar to Matara, the southernmost harbor of Ceylon, from where the transparent colorless gem was exported.

1979 R. Anderton et al. Dynamic Stratigr. Brit. Isles vii. 82/1 Southernmost exposures display shales with coarse turbidites, slumps and pebbly mudstones.

2005 BusinessWeek 28 Feb. 100/3 The southernmost tip of the valley, named Osoyoos after the native tribe, is the most arid.

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

单词	southernmost
释义	southernmostadj. Brit. /ˈsʌðnməʊst/, U.S. /ˈsəðərnˌmoʊst/ Forms: see southern adj. and n.¹ and -most suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: southern adj., -most suffix. Etymology: < southern adj. + -most suffix. Compare earlier southermost adj., southmost adj. Compare also northernmost adj., easternmost adj., westernmost adj. Situated furthest to the south; most southerly. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective] > most southerOE southmostOE southermost1555 southernmost1591 far-southern1856 1591 Hortop's Trauailes Eng. Man (rev. ed.) 30 In this moneth of October last, departing from S. Lucar, at sea, off the sothernmost Cape, wee met an English ship, called the Galleon Dudley. 1655 E. Terry Voy. E.-India 85 This is the most Southernmost part of all his Territories. 1695 J. Stevens tr. M. de Faria y Sousa Portugues Asia I. iv. xx. 515 The Coast..runs again towards the South, to the other famous Cape of Cingapura, the Southernmost of all the Eastern Continent. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 99 The Southernmost Point of the Isthmus of Mallacca. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 11 Our latitude..is the southernmost of all England. 1819 J. Macculloch Descr. W. Isles I. 22 Tirey is the southernmost of the two, its length being twelve miles, and its greatest mean breadth about four. 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 78 The southernmost vessel..will have the wind veering. 1882 H. de Windt On Equator 24 Along the south-west coast of Borneo from its southernmost boundary, Cape Datu. 1948 R. M. Pearl Pop. Gemol. iii. 150 The word Matura is similar to Matara, the southernmost harbor of Ceylon, from where the transparent colorless gem was exported. 1979 R. Anderton et al. Dynamic Stratigr. Brit. Isles vii. 82/1 Southernmost exposures display shales with coarse turbidites, slumps and pebbly mudstones. 2005 BusinessWeek 28 Feb. 100/3 The southernmost tip of the valley, named Osoyoos after the native tribe, is the most arid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1591
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