westmostadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɛs(t)məʊst/, U.S.

/ˈwɛs(t)ˌmoʊst/, Scottish English

/ˈwɛs(t)most/

Forms: Old English westemest, Old English westemyst (in a Middle English copy), Old English westmæst, Old English westmest, early Middle English westmoste, 1700s– westmost; Scottish pre-1700 vestmest, pre-1700 westmaist, pre-1700 westmast, pre-1700 westmest, pre-1700 woistmaist, pre-1700 1700s– westmost, pre-1700 1800s– wastmost.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: west adv., -most suffix.

Etymology: < west adv. + -most suffix. Compare northmost adj., eastmost adj., southmost adj.Perhaps independently re-formed in Middle English and Older Scots.

Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish.

Most westerly; westernmost.From the 15th to the 18th centuries chiefly Scottish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] > most

westmosteOE

westermost1435

westernmost1589

westwardmost1680

Far-Western1844

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. i. 133 Swa eac Romana [onweald], se is mæst & westmest.

eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. i. 133 On þæm siþmestan onwalde & on þæm westemestan, þæt is Roma.

OE Charter: Abp. Oswald to Wulfgar (Sawyer 1372) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 299 Þis sindon þæs landes gemæra þe gebyriað into þære westmestan hide æt Witleage.

lOE Bounds (Sawyer 272) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 542 Ærest of þam westmæstan æwylle..an gerihta upp to þam ealdan herepaðe.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 4495 (MED) Þo adde king arþure ywonne fram þe west moste se Anon to þe mouns al þat lond.

1456 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1883) VI. 224 Onerat se..de ix li. de Mydmeststede de Warmwod. Et de ix li. de Westmeststede ejusdem. Et de ix li. de Estmeststede de Langhop.

1496–7 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 45 The tak of the westmaist quarter of the landis of the..toune of Redy.

1510 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 70 The haile foirland of the said tenement with the westmost ȝharde.

1595 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 90/2 To the westmest dyk of the eistmest cornefauld.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 23 Gayetta, the West-most confine..of the Neapolitan Kingdome.

1688 G. Sinclair Princ. Astron. & Navigation vi. 27 The Antient Geographers deemed those Islands [sc. the Canary Islands] to be the Westmost part of the World.

1706 Acct. Siege Barcelona 14 Last Night at 8 the Enemy begun an Attack on our Westmost Out-work.

1781 R. Pinnell Jrnl. Jane 72 A fresh gale with squall and much rain..ran us almost the length of the Westmost part of the Point.

1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 684 They are the westmost portion of the horde.

1871 Daily News 27 Jan. A vague..attempt on the part of the French..batteries at St. Ouen to enfilade our westmost one at Ormeson.

1939 E. A. J. Johnson Econ. Hist. Mod. Eng. i. 10 Draw a straight line on the map from the westmost extension of the French coast to any important port in Holland, Germany, or Scandinavia.

1976 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 11 July 4 a/6 A defector from Iron Curtain Czechoslovakia, the westmost Soviet bloc country.

2008 G. Latter Sc. Rock 352/2 Park in a lay-by on the north side of the road, opposite the westmost of two small ox-bow lochans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	westmost
释义	westmostadj. Brit. /ˈwɛs(t)məʊst/, U.S. /ˈwɛs(t)ˌmoʊst/, Scottish English /ˈwɛs(t)most/ Forms: Old English westemest, Old English westemyst (in a Middle English copy), Old English westmæst, Old English westmest, early Middle English westmoste, 1700s– westmost; Scottish pre-1700 vestmest, pre-1700 westmaist, pre-1700 westmast, pre-1700 westmest, pre-1700 woistmaist, pre-1700 1700s– westmost, pre-1700 1800s– wastmost. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: west adv., -most suffix. Etymology: < west adv. + -most suffix. Compare northmost adj., eastmost adj., southmost adj.Perhaps independently re-formed in Middle English and Older Scots. Now chiefly U.S. and Scottish. Most westerly; westernmost.From the 15th to the 18th centuries chiefly Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > West > [adjective] > most westmosteOE westermost1435 westernmost1589 westwardmost1680 Far-Western1844 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. i. 133 Swa eac Romana [onweald], se is mæst & westmest. eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) vi. i. 133 On þæm siþmestan onwalde & on þæm westemestan, þæt is Roma. OE Charter: Abp. Oswald to Wulfgar (Sawyer 1372) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 299 Þis sindon þæs landes gemæra þe gebyriað into þære westmestan hide æt Witleage. lOE Bounds (Sawyer 272) in W. de G. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum (1885) I. 542 Ærest of þam westmæstan æwylle..an gerihta upp to þam ealdan herepaðe. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) l. 4495 (MED) Þo adde king arþure ywonne fram þe west moste se Anon to þe mouns al þat lond. 1456 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett Exchequer Rolls Scotl. (1883) VI. 224 Onerat se..de ix li. de Mydmeststede de Warmwod. Et de ix li. de Westmeststede ejusdem. Et de ix li. de Estmeststede de Langhop. 1496–7 in G. Neilson & H. Paton Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1918) II. 45 The tak of the westmaist quarter of the landis of the..toune of Redy. 1510 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 70 The haile foirland of the said tenement with the westmost ȝharde. 1595 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 90/2 To the westmest dyk of the eistmest cornefauld. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 23 Gayetta, the West-most confine..of the Neapolitan Kingdome. 1688 G. Sinclair Princ. Astron. & Navigation vi. 27 The Antient Geographers deemed those Islands [sc. the Canary Islands] to be the Westmost part of the World. 1706 Acct. Siege Barcelona 14 Last Night at 8 the Enemy begun an Attack on our Westmost Out-work. 1781 R. Pinnell Jrnl. Jane 72 A fresh gale with squall and much rain..ran us almost the length of the Westmost part of the Point. 1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 8 684 They are the westmost portion of the horde. 1871 Daily News 27 Jan. A vague..attempt on the part of the French..batteries at St. Ouen to enfilade our westmost one at Ormeson. 1939 E. A. J. Johnson Econ. Hist. Mod. Eng. i. 10 Draw a straight line on the map from the westmost extension of the French coast to any important port in Holland, Germany, or Scandinavia. 1976 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 11 July 4 a/6 A defector from Iron Curtain Czechoslovakia, the westmost Soviet bloc country. 2008 G. Latter Sc. Rock 352/2 Park in a lay-by on the north side of the road, opposite the westmost of two small ox-bow lochans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.eOE
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