yondmostadj.
Scottish ? Obsolete.
Farthest, most distant; farthest advanced, extreme, utmost; also absol. ( the yondmost) = the uttermost.
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the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > most distant or remotest
utterestc1200
lastc1225
furthestc1374
farthest1377
lattera1382
outmosta1382
outerestc1392
uttermost1398
yondermest1513
farmost1581
hindmost1596
yondmost1608
extremea1616
farthermost1619
furthermost1765
endermost1803
ultimate1848
endmost1879
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > of the very highest degree
overly1340
lasta1387
for-greatc1440
consummatea1530
super-superlative1607
yondmost1608
meridian1648
sovereign1749
outside1843
ultra-high1936
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree
heightOE
perfectiona1398
utterestc1410
uttermosta1425
tiptoec1440
pinnaclec1450
utmost1472
outmostc1535
extremity1543
abyss1548
top1552
furthest, utmost stretch1558
summa summarum1567
superlative1573
strain1576
extreme1595
fine1596
last1602
yondmost1608
super-superlative1623
pitch1624
utmostness1674
pink1720
supreme1817
ultima Thule1828
peak1902
1608 Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) 286 It is maist necesser that ane bulwork or butradge be bigit befoir the yonmest piller of the said brig except ane.
1640 R. Baillie Ladensium Αὐτοκατάκρισις i. 3 They..at last have wrought their yondmost myne to that perfection, that it is now readie to spring under our wals.
1650 Montrose in M. Napier M. & Covenanters (1838) II. 539 That then you should have..entered into a League and Covenant with them against the King, was the thing I judged my duty to oppose to the yondmost.
a1653 H. Binning Serm. (1845) 468 A Christian assaulted with many temptations should unite his strength and try the yondmost.
a1658 J. Durham Comm. Revelation (1660) vi. vi. 360 Death and the Grave came as the yondmost step of temporall affliction.
1716 W. Wishart Theologia 393 Here the Mercy of God is gone to the Yondmost.
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