upmostadj.
/ˈʌpməʊst/, U.S. /ˈəpˌmoʊst/ 1.
a. = uppermost adj. (in various senses).
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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
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [adverb] > prominently
uppermost1693
upmost1808
in the air1853
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) vi. l. 458 Atour a bray the omast [v.r. vpmest] pot gert fall, Brak on the ground.
1560 Bible (Geneva) Isa. xvii. 6 Two or thre beries are in the top of the vpmoste boughs.
1567 T. Drant in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie To Rdr. sig. *ivv He that woulde come to the vpmoste top of an highe hill.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 62 That which lies vpmost is of least renowne.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 391 Sulphure streames, which haue burst forth from the vpmost tops of Ætna.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. ix. 418 Podalia, the vpmost Countrey of Polland.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 75 in Sylva Taking away some of the upmost exhausted earth, and stirring up the rest.
1715 J. Leoni tr. Palladio Archit. (1721) II. 16 The middle of the upmost Wall ought to be perpendicular with the middle of the nethermost.
1808 W. Scott Let. 30 Dec. (1932) II. 142 You have..been upmost in my thoughts for some time past.
1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 163 The upmost flat surface is divided into nine compartments.
1875 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Colossians & Philemon 411/1 What was the thought upmost in the Apostle's mind..?
b. absol. or as n.
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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
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks iii. 43 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks Let him skarse set his feet vpon th' upmost [note The superfie or vppermost part] of the sand.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > outerwear > [adjective]
umestc1400
uttermostc1471
upper1526
upperest1548
uppermost1548
utmost?1553
upmost1592
1592 Lyndesay's Wks. 134–5 The Vicar..will nocht faill to tak ane kow, And vpmaist claith.
1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. William in Regiam Majestatem 11 The forestar sall take..his vpmaist claith.
1620 Henry's Wallace x. i. 229 Wallace in haste gart take their upmost weed.
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