super-maximumadj.

Brit.

/ˌs(j)uːp(ə)rˈmaksᵻməm/, U.S.

/ˌsupərˈmæksəməm/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, maximum adj.

Etymology: < super- prefix + maximum adj.

Originally and chiefly U.S.

1. Greater than the expected or conventional maximum; extremely or exceptionally high, large, etc.

ΚΠ

1902 C. Cary Trans-Siberian Route 30 Searchlights of super-maximum voltage.

1917 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 9 June This increase of birds may be of great economic value this year when a..super-maximum crop in all lines is so urgently needed.

1919 Educ. Admin. & Supervison May 272 Supervisors..who have attained the regular maximum salary shall be entitled to the super-maximum salary.

1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 June (Virginia Weekly) 4 A mass mailing offering ‘super maximum strength’ stimulants at moderate prices.

2003 D. Minoli Telecommunications Technol. Handbk. (ed. 2) xii. 584 PC developers long ago gave up the concept of ‘super-maximum memory efficiency’ in favor of user-friendly interfaces and new applications.

2. Designating a prison or part of a prison having super-maximum security measures, and intended for particularly dangerous prisoners.Now often shortened to super-max (see super-max adj.).

ΚΠ

1973 House of Commons (Canada) 15 May 3785/1 When I was a member of the penitentiary committee of this House in 1966 we visited this super-maximum, special correctional unit [in Quebec]. We were told that nobody would ever escape from the institution.

1975 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 29 Nov. 3/4 A way for the prison administration to draw attention to the supermaximum facility they want.

1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 22 Apr. Laramee said the inmate had a record of violence at two other prisons and should have been sent to a ‘super-maximum institution, where contact with personnel and inmates are [sic] not so frequent’.

1991 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. a15/1 Some states..have converted an entire prison into a super-maximum institution while other states are using a prison wing for this purpose.

2004 S. B. Bright in H. A. Bedau & P. G. Cassell Debating Death Penalty vi. 154 Today the United States has..‘super maximum’ prisons where serial killers, mass murderers, and sadistic murderers can be severely punished and completely isolated.

Compounds

super-maximum security n. security that exceeds maximum security; frequently attributive, designating a prison facility having such security (cf. sense 2).

ΚΠ

1954 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 293 79/2 I once asked..[the] warden of Folsom, California's super maximum-security prison, how many of his 2,600 men were too dangerous to be at large in the prison yard.

1962 Washington Post 3 Feb. a4/5 What runs the cost up is the very factor which gives Alcatraz a ‘supermaximum security’. Everything going into the prison..must be transported by ship.

1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Feb. b1 The plan..includes demolition of three aging buildings and construction of a 300-cell ‘super maximum’ security prison.

1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Feb. 29/1 He canceled plans to build a super-maximum security penitentiary at Tupper Lake.

2002 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 4/3 The ‘worst of the worst’ prisoners, those who are the most violent and disruptive, are sent to one of the 50-plus super-maximum security jails.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	super-maximum
释义	super-maximumadj. Brit. /ˌs(j)uːp(ə)rˈmaksᵻməm/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈmæksəməm/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: super- prefix, maximum adj. Etymology: < super- prefix + maximum adj. Originally and chiefly U.S. 1. Greater than the expected or conventional maximum; extremely or exceptionally high, large, etc. ΚΠ 1902 C. Cary Trans-Siberian Route 30 Searchlights of super-maximum voltage. 1917 Stevens Point (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 9 June This increase of birds may be of great economic value this year when a..super-maximum crop in all lines is so urgently needed. 1919 Educ. Admin. & Supervison May 272 Supervisors..who have attained the regular maximum salary shall be entitled to the super-maximum salary. 1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 14 June (Virginia Weekly) 4 A mass mailing offering ‘super maximum strength’ stimulants at moderate prices. 2003 D. Minoli Telecommunications Technol. Handbk. (ed. 2) xii. 584 PC developers long ago gave up the concept of ‘super-maximum memory efficiency’ in favor of user-friendly interfaces and new applications. 2. Designating a prison or part of a prison having super-maximum security measures, and intended for particularly dangerous prisoners.Now often shortened to super-max (see super-max adj.). ΚΠ 1973 House of Commons (Canada) 15 May 3785/1 When I was a member of the penitentiary committee of this House in 1966 we visited this super-maximum, special correctional unit [in Quebec]. We were told that nobody would ever escape from the institution. 1975 Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News 29 Nov. 3/4 A way for the prison administration to draw attention to the supermaximum facility they want. 1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 22 Apr. Laramee said the inmate had a record of violence at two other prisons and should have been sent to a ‘super-maximum institution, where contact with personnel and inmates are [sic] not so frequent’. 1991 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. a15/1 Some states..have converted an entire prison into a super-maximum institution while other states are using a prison wing for this purpose. 2004 S. B. Bright in H. A. Bedau & P. G. Cassell Debating Death Penalty vi. 154 Today the United States has..‘super maximum’ prisons where serial killers, mass murderers, and sadistic murderers can be severely punished and completely isolated. Compounds super-maximum security n. security that exceeds maximum security; frequently attributive, designating a prison facility having such security (cf. sense 2). ΚΠ 1954 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 293 79/2 I once asked..[the] warden of Folsom, California's super maximum-security prison, how many of his 2,600 men were too dangerous to be at large in the prison yard. 1962 Washington Post 3 Feb. a4/5 What runs the cost up is the very factor which gives Alcatraz a ‘supermaximum security’. Everything going into the prison..must be transported by ship. 1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 2 Feb. b1 The plan..includes demolition of three aging buildings and construction of a 300-cell ‘super maximum’ security prison. 1998 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Feb. 29/1 He canceled plans to build a super-maximum security penitentiary at Tupper Lake. 2002 Daily Tel. 22 Jan. 4/3 The ‘worst of the worst’ prisoners, those who are the most violent and disruptive, are sent to one of the 50-plus super-maximum security jails. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1902
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