单词 | bottommost |
释义 | bottommostadj. That is at the very bottom, lowest. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lowest nethemesteOE nethereOE netherestc1350 lowerc1384 nethermosta1387 lowest1538 lowermost1547 lowmost1548 undermost1555 downmostc1600 bottommost1694 downermost1831 nadiral1891 1694 T. Taylor tr. N. Malebranche Treat. Search after Truth i. ii. v. 98 Those who are their own Encomiasts..looking upon others as the Bottom-most [Fr. dernieres] parts of their Society..take upon them an Opinion of themselves, that render them odious. 1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 206 The bottommost round of the sporting ladder. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve xxi. 292 To set..all the folks..bottommost side upwards. 1884 Public Opinion 3 Oct. 427/1 We might arrive at the ‘bottommost’ lock before nightfall. 1935 P. S. Welch Limnology iv. 86 For example, in certain lakes, the bottommost waters are exceedingly turbid owing largely to nonsettling materials. 2000 H. Stevenson Instr. for Visitors (2002) 62 We bought a huge, ugly house in the bottommost valley of France. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1694 |
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