uppermostadv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˈʌpəməʊst/, U.S.

/ˈəpərˌmoʊst/

Forms: Also Middle English wpwrmwste, wppwrmwste, 1500s Anglo-Irish uppermuste; Middle English wpwr-, 1500s vp(p)ermoste (1500s vppermooste), Middle English–1600s vper-, 1500s–1600s vppermost.

Etymology: < upper adv. + -most suffix.

A. adv.

a. In or to the highest, upmost, or most elevated position or place.

ΘΚΠ

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

highestOE

overestc1443

upperest1481

uppermost1481

1481 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 74 A packe lyes wpwrmwste apon Dawlttons behynde the maste.

1481 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 75 Thay ly behynde the maste wpwrmoste.

1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations E 1 b A good featherbed vndermost,..and another featherbed vppermost.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea i. 3 With a storme..shee was turned topse-turvie, her Kele vppermost.

1668 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. Vanity (1685) 76 His hand turns all things here about like so many wheels;..the same part is now uppermost, and anon lowermost.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 281. ¶11 I..shall therefore only take Notice of what lay first and uppermost.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 50 Lie with that Ear uppermost.

1814 W. Scott Diary 6 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 157 This man being uppermost on the cord,..called out to his brother who was next to him.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 263 Care must be taken that the upper end of the cutting..be kept uppermost.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 118 In making this effort the spike of my axe turned uppermost.

figurative.1865 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood vii, in Sunday Mag. Dec. 200/1 If the wine hadn't got uppermost.

b. In the first or foremost place in respect of precedence, station, rank, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [adverb] > in an honoured position

alofta1393

uppermost1526

society > authority > [adverb] > with superior authority

whereupon1530

uppermost1850

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiii. f. xxxij^v They..love to sytt vppermooste at feastes.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 713/2 I set hyest, or upper moste in a companye.

1570 Bk. Precedence (Harl. 1440) in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) 14 All Dukes daughters shall goe all-one with a nother, soe that alwayes the Eldest Dukes Daughter go vpermost.

1628 [see sense C. 1b].

1850 J. F. Cooper Ways of Hour I. 317 It is the people today;..some prince to-morrow; and by the end of the week we may have..a Robespierre uppermost.

c. figurative. In the chief place or predominancy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adverb]

predominately1594

predominantly1606

uppermosta1807

preponderantly1823

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) ix. 334 We..saw..generous love..Uppermost in the midst of fiercest strife.

1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. 125 A mourning in which self is ever uppermost.

1885 W. H. White Mark Rutherford's Deliv. i. 11 Every now and then, when the subject was uppermost.

2. Foremost in, most prominently in or into, the mind, thoughts, conversations, etc.In frequent use from c1830.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [adverb] > prominently

uppermost1693

upmost1808

in the air1853

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 54 Perpetual Chat on whatever comes uppermost.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 2 It was uppermost in all my Thoughts.

1723 Pres. State Russia II. 151 It was always my Way to say what came uppermost.

a1827 in J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. (1827) III. vi. xii. 584 Any one word that comes uppermost is sufficient.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xli. 371 Ever since she had left them she had not ceased to keep them uppermost in her thoughts.

1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage II. x. 196 To speak out what came uppermost to her tongue.

B. adj.

a. Occupying the highest position or place; loftiest, topmost, highest in place; furthest up (on a river, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in highest position

highestOE

umestOE

overesta1325

upperestc1374

overmosta1382

supremec1487

upmost1488

uppermostc1500

highermost1593

top1595

topmost1697

headmost1758

culminant1849

tip-topmost1937

c1500 Melusine (1895) lix. 358 He yede vp to the vpermost stage of the donjon.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xi. f. xcv^v Ye love the vppormost seates in the sinagoges.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxvi^v One of the officers demaunded his vpper garment for his fee, meanyng his goune, and he [sc. Sir Thomas More]..tooke him his cappe, saiyng it was the vppermoste garment that he had.

1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 133 Xenophon..encamped in the vppermost village neere the mountaines.

1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι 3 Perhaps you mean that the uppermost quantitie 0 + 1 is equal to the uppermost quantity 1.

1702 Post Man 8–11 Aug. 2/1 Inquire at the uppermost House..in the said Buildings.

1764 Museum Rusticum IV. 19 I preserve only two of the new shoots, the uppermost and its opposite.

1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen x. 160 The golden juice ascended from..the cellar to the uppermost brains of the monks.

1886 J. A. Brown in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. May 196 There had been a manufactory of Palæolithic implements on this uppermost floor.

1896 J. Ashby-Sterry Tale of Thames vii. 77 One the most attractive portions of what may be called the Uppermost Thames.

b. Outermost; most external.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > outerwear > [adjective]

umestc1400

uttermostc1471

upper1526

upperest1548

uppermost1548

utmost?1553

upmost1592

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] > outermost

utmostc950

outmosta1382

outerestc1392

uttermost1398

extremal1447

utteresta1492

extreme1503

uppermost1548

outermost1587

outwardmost1598

extimate1659

1548 [see sense B. 1a].

1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 222 The uppermost Claith, the Corps-present, the Clerk-maill, the Pasche offeringis.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 69 The Adder..casteth off yearely his uppermost skin or coate.

1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 103 An expanded bulb, above which are disposed..the various appendages... Of these the hydrocysts are uppermost, or external.

†2. Maximum, utmost. Obsolete^—1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greatest in quantity, amount, or degree > maximum

uppermost1579

maxim1686

maximum1825

maximal1882

max1886

peak1903

maxed1978

1579 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 430 If any [person]..steallinge of any..wares, do..restore the thing or thinges so taken or the uppermuste vallue thereof.

a. Highest in respect of rank, importance, precedence, etc.; chiefest, first.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adjective]

firsteOE

headOE

highOE

greatc1350

upperestc1374

chief1377

singular1377

principala1382

royalc1425

cardinal1440

pre-eminenta1460

praisea1475

main1480

maina1525

primary1565

captain1566

arch1574

mistressa1586

capital1597

topless1609

primea1616

metropolitan1635

transeminent1660

whole1675

uppermost1680

primus inter pares1688

topping1694

Sudder1787

par excellence1839

banner1840

primatial1892

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > of highest social rank

highestOE

mosta1300

upperestc1374

uppermost1876

rankest1907

1680 Walton in Aubrey Lives (1898) II. 15 He was in..the vpermost fforme in Westminster scole.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 188 The Thought [was] so very obvious and uppermost.

1780 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 398 In the Westminster [election] struggle Rodney is to-day got uppermost.

1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xii This entire seclusion from all means of reaching the poor..is seldom found in the uppermost classes.

1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Apr. 5/2 The weather is, in view of the approaching holiday, the uppermost subject of concern.

b. Having the chief power, control, or authority; predominant, supreme; most influential.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [adjective] > having chief authority

chiefc1330

dominant?1533

dominative1599

dominating1611

uppermost1691

dominatory1816

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 887 In the time of the rebellion he sided with those that were uppermost.

1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 42 The Violence of those that are uppermost.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxi. 131 Where heavy heads are lowest and Men of genius uppermost.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 311 Uniform adherents to the party who are uppermost.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 445 The politician whose practice was always to be on the side which was uppermost.

C. n.

†1.

a. The highest part or portion. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > upper part > top piece or part

overmosta1382

overesta1400

topple14..

uppermost1484

topgallant1581

upmost1589

crownwork1594

heading1665

battlement1667

crowning1692

crown piece1766

surmounting1812

crista1849

surmount1879

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xiii Yf an Egle were at the vppermost of the heuen.

1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. iii. 11 For so they call Τὰ μετέωρα τῶν οἰκημάτων, the uppermosts of their Houses.

1742 G. Leoni Notes I. Jones in N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture (ed. 3) II. iv. 49/2 The uppermost of the highest Cornice, is of large Tyles.

b. The highest place or position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > upper end

headeOE

chiefc1400

fining?1448

beginning1483

uppermost1628

top1783

1628 R. Hayman tr. J. Owen Certaine Epigrams ii. 11 in Quodlibets Let me set alwayes vppermost at boord, The vppermost in bed I'le you afoord.

†2. That which is highest, most predominant, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [noun] > that which or one who

predominant1589

predominator1654

uppermost1687

overpoise1697

1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 60 It is certain that two predominant Religions, would be two Uppermosts at once.

a1753 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) 477 W^t judgement would he make of uppermost and lowermost who had always seen through an inverting glass?

†3. The upper hand; superiority or dominion.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > superior or predominant

surmouncya1400

overtyc1443

overlaikc1450

owerance1552

superiorities1558

hegemony1567

superordination1619

regnancy1650

uppermost1718

autocracy1774

dominance1823

dominancy1841

1718 Entertainer No. 43. 302 If ever they get the Uppermost, after their long Struggles for Superiority.

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

单词	uppermost
释义	uppermostadv.adj.n. Brit. /ˈʌpəməʊst/, U.S. /ˈəpərˌmoʊst/ Forms: Also Middle English wpwrmwste, wppwrmwste, 1500s Anglo-Irish uppermuste; Middle English wpwr-, 1500s vp(p)ermoste (1500s vppermooste), Middle English–1600s vper-, 1500s–1600s vppermost. Etymology: < upper adv. + -most suffix. A. adv. 1. a. In or to the highest, upmost, or most elevated position or place. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adverb] > highest highestOE overestc1443 upperest1481 uppermost1481 1481 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 74 A packe lyes wpwrmwste apon Dawlttons behynde the maste. 1481 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 75 Thay ly behynde the maste wpwrmoste. 1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations E 1 b A good featherbed vndermost,..and another featherbed vppermost. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea i. 3 With a storme..shee was turned topse-turvie, her Kele vppermost. 1668 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. Vanity (1685) 76 His hand turns all things here about like so many wheels;..the same part is now uppermost, and anon lowermost. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 281. ¶11 I..shall therefore only take Notice of what lay first and uppermost. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 50 Lie with that Ear uppermost. 1814 W. Scott Diary 6 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. iv. 157 This man being uppermost on the cord,..called out to his brother who was next to him. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 263 Care must be taken that the upper end of the cutting..be kept uppermost. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 118 In making this effort the spike of my axe turned uppermost. figurative.1865 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood vii, in Sunday Mag. Dec. 200/1 If the wine hadn't got uppermost. b. In the first or foremost place in respect of precedence, station, rank, or the like. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > honour > [adverb] > in an honoured position alofta1393 uppermost1526 society > authority > [adverb] > with superior authority whereupon1530 uppermost1850 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Matt. xxiii. f. xxxij^v They..love to sytt vppermooste at feastes. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 713/2 I set hyest, or upper moste in a companye. 1570 Bk. Precedence (Harl. 1440) in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) 14 All Dukes daughters shall goe all-one with a nother, soe that alwayes the Eldest Dukes Daughter go vpermost. 1628 [see sense C. 1b]. 1850 J. F. Cooper Ways of Hour I. 317 It is the people today;..some prince to-morrow; and by the end of the week we may have..a Robespierre uppermost. c. figurative. In the chief place or predominancy. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [adverb] predominately1594 predominantly1606 uppermosta1807 preponderantly1823 a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) ix. 334 We..saw..generous love..Uppermost in the midst of fiercest strife. 1850 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. 125 A mourning in which self is ever uppermost. 1885 W. H. White Mark Rutherford's Deliv. i. 11 Every now and then, when the subject was uppermost. 2. Foremost in, most prominently in or into, the mind, thoughts, conversations, etc.In frequent use from c1830. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [adverb] > prominently uppermost1693 upmost1808 in the air1853 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 54 Perpetual Chat on whatever comes uppermost. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 2 It was uppermost in all my Thoughts. 1723 Pres. State Russia II. 151 It was always my Way to say what came uppermost. a1827 in J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. (1827) III. vi. xii. 584 Any one word that comes uppermost is sufficient. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xli. 371 Ever since she had left them she had not ceased to keep them uppermost in her thoughts. 1861 A. Trollope Framley Parsonage II. x. 196 To speak out what came uppermost to her tongue. B. adj. 1. a. Occupying the highest position or place; loftiest, topmost, highest in place; furthest up (on a river, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in highest position highestOE umestOE overesta1325 upperestc1374 overmosta1382 supremec1487 upmost1488 uppermostc1500 highermost1593 top1595 topmost1697 headmost1758 culminant1849 tip-topmost1937 c1500 Melusine (1895) lix. 358 He yede vp to the vpermost stage of the donjon. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xi. f. xcv^v Ye love the vppormost seates in the sinagoges. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. ccxxvi^v One of the officers demaunded his vpper garment for his fee, meanyng his goune, and he [sc. Sir Thomas More]..tooke him his cappe, saiyng it was the vppermoste garment that he had. 1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 133 Xenophon..encamped in the vppermost village neere the mountaines. 1657 T. Hobbes Στιγμαι 3 Perhaps you mean that the uppermost quantitie 0 + 1 is equal to the uppermost quantity 1. 1702 Post Man 8–11 Aug. 2/1 Inquire at the uppermost House..in the said Buildings. 1764 Museum Rusticum IV. 19 I preserve only two of the new shoots, the uppermost and its opposite. 1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen x. 160 The golden juice ascended from..the cellar to the uppermost brains of the monks. 1886 J. A. Brown in Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. May 196 There had been a manufactory of Palæolithic implements on this uppermost floor. 1896 J. Ashby-Sterry Tale of Thames vii. 77 One the most attractive portions of what may be called the Uppermost Thames. b. Outermost; most external. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > outerwear > [adjective] umestc1400 uttermostc1471 upper1526 upperest1548 uppermost1548 utmost?1553 upmost1592 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] > outermost utmostc950 outmosta1382 outerestc1392 uttermost1398 extremal1447 utteresta1492 extreme1503 uppermost1548 outermost1587 outwardmost1598 extimate1659 1548 [see sense B. 1a]. 1560 J. Knox et al. Buke Discipline in J. Knox Wks. (1848) II. 222 The uppermost Claith, the Corps-present, the Clerk-maill, the Pasche offeringis. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 69 The Adder..casteth off yearely his uppermost skin or coate. 1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 103 An expanded bulb, above which are disposed..the various appendages... Of these the hydrocysts are uppermost, or external. †2. Maximum, utmost. Obsolete^—1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greatest in quantity, amount, or degree > maximum uppermost1579 maxim1686 maximum1825 maximal1882 max1886 peak1903 maxed1978 1579 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 430 If any [person]..steallinge of any..wares, do..restore the thing or thinges so taken or the uppermuste vallue thereof. 3. a. Highest in respect of rank, importance, precedence, etc.; chiefest, first. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > pre-eminence > [adjective] firsteOE headOE highOE greatc1350 upperestc1374 chief1377 singular1377 principala1382 royalc1425 cardinal1440 pre-eminenta1460 praisea1475 main1480 maina1525 primary1565 captain1566 arch1574 mistressa1586 capital1597 topless1609 primea1616 metropolitan1635 transeminent1660 whole1675 uppermost1680 primus inter pares1688 topping1694 Sudder1787 par excellence1839 banner1840 primatial1892 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > [adjective] > of highest social rank highestOE mosta1300 upperestc1374 uppermost1876 rankest1907 1680 Walton in Aubrey Lives (1898) II. 15 He was in..the vpermost fforme in Westminster scole. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 188 The Thought [was] so very obvious and uppermost. 1780 J. Warner in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) IV. 398 In the Westminster [election] struggle Rodney is to-day got uppermost. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind xii This entire seclusion from all means of reaching the poor..is seldom found in the uppermost classes. 1885 Manch. Examiner 6 Apr. 5/2 The weather is, in view of the approaching holiday, the uppermost subject of concern. b. Having the chief power, control, or authority; predominant, supreme; most influential. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [adjective] > having chief authority chiefc1330 dominant?1533 dominative1599 dominating1611 uppermost1691 dominatory1816 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses I. 887 In the time of the rebellion he sided with those that were uppermost. 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 42 The Violence of those that are uppermost. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxi. 131 Where heavy heads are lowest and Men of genius uppermost. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xiii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 311 Uniform adherents to the party who are uppermost. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiv. 445 The politician whose practice was always to be on the side which was uppermost. C. n. †1. a. The highest part or portion. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > high position > [noun] > upper part > top piece or part overmosta1382 overesta1400 topple14.. uppermost1484 topgallant1581 upmost1589 crownwork1594 heading1665 battlement1667 crowning1692 crown piece1766 surmounting1812 crista1849 surmount1879 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. xiii Yf an Egle were at the vppermost of the heuen. 1646 J. Gregory Notes & Observ. iii. 11 For so they call Τὰ μετέωρα τῶν οἰκημάτων, the uppermosts of their Houses. 1742 G. Leoni Notes I. Jones in N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture (ed. 3) II. iv. 49/2 The uppermost of the highest Cornice, is of large Tyles. b. The highest place or position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > end or extremity > [noun] > upper end headeOE chiefc1400 fining?1448 beginning1483 uppermost1628 top1783 1628 R. Hayman tr. J. Owen Certaine Epigrams ii. 11 in Quodlibets Let me set alwayes vppermost at boord, The vppermost in bed I'le you afoord. †2. That which is highest, most predominant, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > predominance or preponderance > [noun] > that which or one who predominant1589 predominator1654 uppermost1687 overpoise1697 1687 W. Penn Good Advice to Church of Eng. 60 It is certain that two predominant Religions, would be two Uppermosts at once. a1753 G. Berkeley Commonplace Bk. in A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley (1871) 477 W^t judgement would he make of uppermost and lowermost who had always seen through an inverting glass? †3. The upper hand; superiority or dominion. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > superior or predominant surmouncya1400 overtyc1443 overlaikc1450 owerance1552 superiorities1558 hegemony1567 superordination1619 regnancy1650 uppermost1718 autocracy1774 dominance1823 dominancy1841 1718 Entertainer No. 43. 302 If ever they get the Uppermost, after their long Struggles for Superiority. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adv.adj.n.1481
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