undermostadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈʌndəməʊst/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌmoʊst/

Etymology: under adv. + -most suffix.

a. adj. Holding the lowest place or position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lowest

nethemesteOE

nethereOE

netherestc1350

lowerc1384

nethermosta1387

lowest1538

lowermost1547

lowmost1548

undermost1555

downmostc1600

bottommost1694

downermost1831

nadiral1891

1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde sig. bij The Antipodes whiche inhabite the vndermost halfe of the baule of the earth.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Kk3^v The fall is greater from the first to the second, then from the second to the vndermost.

1665 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 171 This Jasper is said to be one of the Foundations, and that too the first and undermost.

1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 46 The advantage gained will be always equal to twice the number of pulleys in the moveable or undermost block.

1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. xlvii The scenes were of three partitions: the undermost of marble,..and the upper of..wood.

1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 986 A force sufficient to counter~balance this attraction of the undermost film.

b. absol. The bottom.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lowest position

foota1200

bottomc1400

lowmost1578

lowest1640

undermost1822

1822 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 22 Sept. (1941) II. 367 A girl, bare-legged, petticoats kilted to her undermost, of white flannel.

1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xiii. 429 Living..with keen, conscious pain at the undermost of everything.

2. Predicative, or as adv. In the lowest or lower place or position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > in lowest position

lowmost1578

lowermost1579

undermost1617

downermost?c1690

downmost1716

1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Observ. in Wks. (1630) 85/2 A good featherbed vndermost, with cleane sheets,..another featherbed vppermost.

1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 45 These Crucibles are laid sloaping, eight under~most, and seven above them.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §115. 131 'Tis inverted, because the Heels are uppermost, and the Head undermost.

1782 Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 391 Upon..holding it with the snow undermost, the whole of it adhered.

1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 74 The assailant..flung himself above the struggling Saracen, and..kept him undermost.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 396 The party indeed which had then been undermost was now uppermost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	undermost
释义	undermostadj.adv. Brit. /ˈʌndəməʊst/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌmoʊst/ Etymology: under adv. + -most suffix. 1. a. adj. Holding the lowest place or position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > lowest nethemesteOE nethereOE netherestc1350 lowerc1384 nethermosta1387 lowest1538 lowermost1547 lowmost1548 undermost1555 downmostc1600 bottommost1694 downermost1831 nadiral1891 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde sig. bij The Antipodes whiche inhabite the vndermost halfe of the baule of the earth. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Kk3^v The fall is greater from the first to the second, then from the second to the vndermost. 1665 J. Bunyan Holy Citie 171 This Jasper is said to be one of the Foundations, and that too the first and undermost. 1771 Encycl. Brit. III. 46 The advantage gained will be always equal to twice the number of pulleys in the moveable or undermost block. 1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. II. xlvii The scenes were of three partitions: the undermost of marble,..and the upper of..wood. 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 986 A force sufficient to counter~balance this attraction of the undermost film. b. absol. The bottom. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lowest position foota1200 bottomc1400 lowmost1578 lowest1640 undermost1822 1822 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 22 Sept. (1941) II. 367 A girl, bare-legged, petticoats kilted to her undermost, of white flannel. 1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xiii. 429 Living..with keen, conscious pain at the undermost of everything. 2. Predicative, or as adv. In the lowest or lower place or position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > in lowest position lowmost1578 lowermost1579 undermost1617 downermost?c1690 downmost1716 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Observ. in Wks. (1630) 85/2 A good featherbed vndermost, with cleane sheets,..another featherbed vppermost. 1665 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 1 45 These Crucibles are laid sloaping, eight under~most, and seven above them. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision §115. 131 'Tis inverted, because the Heels are uppermost, and the Head undermost. 1782 Philos. Trans. 1781 (Royal Soc.) 71 391 Upon..holding it with the snow undermost, the whole of it adhered. 1825 W. Scott Talisman iii, in Tales Crusaders III. 74 The assailant..flung himself above the struggling Saracen, and..kept him undermost. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 396 The party indeed which had then been undermost was now uppermost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1555
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