uppermoreadv.adj.

Forms: Also Middle English vppyrmare, vppermare, vpher more, 1500s Scottish vppermair, vppermer, vppirmer, 1600s vppermere, 1800s northern dialect uppermer.

Etymology: < upper adv., upper adj. + -more suffix. Compare older Danish yppermere.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈuppermore.

Now dialect.

A. adv.

Higher locally; further up; at or to a greater altitude. (In later use Scottish)

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > higher

highereOE

upwarda1300

upperc1384

uppermorec1400

superiorly1556

upwards1577

superior1718

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiv. 63 Vppermare amanges þe mountaynes es a faire citee.

a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxi Þat þe flewe be iii. or iiii. fyngres vppermore þanne þe heed.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 20 Bettyr it is..þat criste..to vs say, ‘frende, cum vppyrmare’.

?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1327 in Shorter Poems (1967) 86 Wele I considerit nene vpparmar [1579 Edinb. vppermair] I mycht, And to discend sa hiddous wes the hicht I durst not auentur.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 30 Abone or vppirmer, vpon Leuin, is the toune.

1616 Barbour's Actes & Life Bruce (Hart) 33 To that word they assented all. And fra them walloped vppermere [1489 Adv. owyr-mar].

B. adj.

That is the more elevated (of two); higher, upper.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in higher position > of two things

uppermorec1400

upperc1460

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xx. 90 Bathe þe emisperies, þe vppermare and þe nedermare.

a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 44 After þat þe vppermore iuncture of þe bone of þe fynger was drawen out.

1869– in north. dialect use ( Eng. Dial. Dict. ).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	uppermore
释义	uppermoreadv.adj. Forms: Also Middle English vppyrmare, vppermare, vpher more, 1500s Scottish vppermair, vppermer, vppirmer, 1600s vppermere, 1800s northern dialect uppermer. Etymology: < upper adv., upper adj. + -more suffix. Compare older Danish yppermere.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈuppermore. Now dialect. A. adv. Higher locally; further up; at or to a greater altitude. (In later use Scottish) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > higher highereOE upwarda1300 upperc1384 uppermorec1400 superiorly1556 upwards1577 superior1718 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiv. 63 Vppermare amanges þe mountaynes es a faire citee. a1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Digby) xxi Þat þe flewe be iii. or iiii. fyngres vppermore þanne þe heed. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 20 Bettyr it is..þat criste..to vs say, ‘frende, cum vppyrmare’. ?1553 (c1501) G. Douglas Palice of Honour (London) iii. l. 1327 in Shorter Poems (1967) 86 Wele I considerit nene vpparmar [1579 Edinb. vppermair] I mycht, And to discend sa hiddous wes the hicht I durst not auentur. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 30 Abone or vppirmer, vpon Leuin, is the toune. 1616 Barbour's Actes & Life Bruce (Hart) 33 To that word they assented all. And fra them walloped vppermere [1489 Adv. owyr-mar]. B. adj. That is the more elevated (of two); higher, upper. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in higher position > of two things uppermorec1400 upperc1460 c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xx. 90 Bathe þe emisperies, þe vppermare and þe nedermare. a1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula 44 After þat þe vppermore iuncture of þe bone of þe fynger was drawen out. 1869– in north. dialect use ( Eng. Dial. Dict. ). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.adj.c1400
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