southmostadj.

Brit.

/ˈsaʊθməʊst/,

/ˈsaʊθməst/, U.S.

/ˈsaʊθˌmoʊst/,

/ˈsaʊθməst/, Scottish English

/ˈsʌʊθmost/,

/ˈsʌʊθməst/

Forms: see south adv., adj., n., and prep. and -most suffix.

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

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

Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish.

Most southerly. Cf. southermost adj., southernmost adj.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the late 15th cent.

ΘΚΠ

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

southerOE

southmostOE

southermost1555

southernmost1591

far-southern1856

OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vii. 26 Ða suðmestan Æthiopian hæfdon bryne for ðære hæte.

OE Charter: Abp. Oswald to Wulfheah (Sawyer 1374) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 118 Ondlong gemæres þæt eft on þæt clif besuþan þæm suðmestan holan wege.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1091 The southmaist part off Ingland we sall se.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 626 The southmest part la narrest France that tyde, This ilk Canutus gat.

1596 J. Norden Christian Familiar Comfort 23 The southmost parts of vnhappie Arabia.

1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 4 It lies the Southmost of any Harbor.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 408 From Aroer to Nebo, and the wild Of Southmost Abarim.

1756 J. Willme Sepherah Shelosh 201 His Nativity happened in the Southmost middle Part of Lancashire.

1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 123 The greatest number of the edge-seams decline much about the angle forty-five, though some of the southmost of the coals are higher.

1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 352/2 One storey is accordingly to be taken off the three southmost of the tenements at present built, and the southmost one, which is building, is only to be two.

1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 116 To hills of heaven, and southmost shores Unbroken, of peninsular Malay.

1896 G. A. Smith Bk. Twelve Prophets I. 312 Hermon, the southmost..summits of Anti-Lebanon.

1929 Wilson Bull. 41 193 The writer has also done a little work on these birds during his eight years of residence in the state, especially in Dade and Monroe Counties, these being the southmost part of the state.

1959 A. H. Carhart National Forests x. 251 The route of the North Equatorial Current passes the southmost of the Hawaiian Islands.

1994 C. McCarthy Crossing 389 His brother was buried against the southmost wall under a board cross.

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

单词	southmost
释义	southmostadj. Brit. /ˈsaʊθməʊst/, /ˈsaʊθməst/, U.S. /ˈsaʊθˌmoʊst/, /ˈsaʊθməst/, Scottish English /ˈsʌʊθmost/, /ˈsʌʊθməst/ Forms: see south adv., adj., n., and prep. and -most suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: south adv., -most suffix. Etymology: < south adv. + -most suffix. Compare northmost adj., eastmost adj., westmost adj.Perhaps independently re-formed in Older Scots and early modern English. Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish. Most southerly. Cf. southermost adj., southernmost adj.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the late 15th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective] > most southerOE southmostOE southermost1555 southernmost1591 far-southern1856 OE tr. Orosius Hist. (Tiber.) (1980) i. vii. 26 Ða suðmestan Æthiopian hæfdon bryne for ðære hæte. OE Charter: Abp. Oswald to Wulfheah (Sawyer 1374) in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 118 Ondlong gemæres þæt eft on þæt clif besuþan þæm suðmestan holan wege. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 1091 The southmaist part off Ingland we sall se. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) II. 626 The southmest part la narrest France that tyde, This ilk Canutus gat. 1596 J. Norden Christian Familiar Comfort 23 The southmost parts of vnhappie Arabia. 1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 4 It lies the Southmost of any Harbor. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 408 From Aroer to Nebo, and the wild Of Southmost Abarim. View more context for this quotation 1756 J. Willme Sepherah Shelosh 201 His Nativity happened in the Southmost middle Part of Lancashire. 1789 J. Williams Nat. Hist. Mineral Kingdom I. 123 The greatest number of the edge-seams decline much about the angle forty-five, though some of the southmost of the coals are higher. 1818 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 3 352/2 One storey is accordingly to be taken off the three southmost of the tenements at present built, and the southmost one, which is building, is only to be two. 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 116 To hills of heaven, and southmost shores Unbroken, of peninsular Malay. 1896 G. A. Smith Bk. Twelve Prophets I. 312 Hermon, the southmost..summits of Anti-Lebanon. 1929 Wilson Bull. 41 193 The writer has also done a little work on these birds during his eight years of residence in the state, especially in Dade and Monroe Counties, these being the southmost part of the state. 1959 A. H. Carhart National Forests x. 251 The route of the North Equatorial Current passes the southmost of the Hawaiian Islands. 1994 C. McCarthy Crossing 389 His brother was buried against the southmost wall under a board cross. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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