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furthest, a. and adv.|ˈfɜːðɪst|
Also (? 4) 5 fyrthest, fertherest, forthest(e, 6 furdest. See also farthest.
[superl. formed (app. in the 14th c.) to correspond to the comparative further.
The instances in the 14th c. are somewhat doubtful (at least with regard to the precise form of the word), owing to the absence of contemporary MSS.]
A. adj.
1. Most advanced in any direction. Also as the superl. of far a. (now usually superseded by farthest): Situated at the greatest distance, most remote. lit. and fig.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. vi. (Skeat) 86 Þilke [cercle] þat is outterest..is unfolden by larger spaces in so moche as it is forthest [MS. C. and ed. Thynne fertherest] fro þe middel simplicitee of þe poynt. 1390Gower Conf. I. 108 Whan I wende next have be..Than was I furthest ate laste. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 60 Portsmouth, whiche is the furdest place on the south shore of Englande. 1599Shakes. Much Ado ii. i. 275, I will fetch you a tooth-picker now from the furthest inch of Asia. 1725Swift Corr. Wks. 1841 II. 576 The furthest corner of Naboth's vineyard. 1779Burke Corr. (1844) II. 293 Those who are the furthest in the world from you in religious tenets. a1881Rossetti House of Life x, He who seeks her beauty's furthest goal.
2.
†a. In past time: Earliest, first (obs.).
b. In future time: Latest. Obs. exc. absol. in at (the) furthest.
1552Edw. VI Jrnl. 25 Oct., That they might be in such place..by Christmas or Candlemas at the furdest. 1599Hakluyt Voy. II. i. 85 He should take the towne in fifteene dayes, or a moneth at the furthest. a1648Ld. Herbert Life (1886) 30 When I came to talk, one of the furthest inquiries I made was, how I came into this world? 1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. i. 2 The funeral pomp of King Emanuel was celebrated at Lisbon, namely..December 1521, which is the furthest thing I can remember.
B. adv. To or at the greatest distance, farthest.
c1374Chaucer Boeth. iv. pr. vi. (Skeat) 91 Thilke thing that departeth forthest [MSS. A and C fyrthest] fro the first thoght of god. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 156 Th'other part furdest Weast, noted wyth F. a1577Gascoigne Hearbes, Weedes, etc. Wks. (1587) 185 The stiffe and strongest arme..shootes furdest stil. 1729Butler Serm. Wks. 1874 II. 192 Ideas..the furthest removed from anything sensual. 1886D. C. Murray Aunt Rachel II. 68 Even when his thoughts wandered furthest, he was mechanically accurate.
Comb.1880Gladstone in Daily News 28 Feb. 3/2 From the highest Tory to the furthest-going Home Ruler. |