e'enamostadv.

/ˈiːnəməʊst/

Forms: Also α. e'en a most, a'most; β. enymost, eeny(-)most, enermost.

Etymology: < e'en even adv. and prep. + a'most almost adv.

English and U.S. dialect.

Almost; nearly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > for the most part

nigheOE

almostOE

three-quarters1677

e'enamost1735

about1769

α.

1735–6 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) E'en a'most, almost.

1781 Pennsylvania Jrnl. (Philadelphia) 20 June I once heard a man say, another ‘swore terribly; he swore e'en amost like a wood pile’.

1839 Havana (N.Y.) Republ. 21 Aug. [The whale's head] was e'en a most off.

1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. xiv. 253 The repudiation of debts has lowered us down e'en a'most to the bottom of the shaft.

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. iv. 43 He looked eenamost tuckered out.

1891 H. Frederic Copperhead (1894) 208 ‘I could e'en a'most 'a' thought it was Alvy talkin',’ was what he said.

1911 in Dial. Notes 3 543.

β. 1813 E. Knight Let. 18 Oct. in J. Austen Lett. (1995) 242 Poor Will Amos..said the fleas were so starved..that they..eenermost eat him up.1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing liv. 168 It was made so long ago, he has enymost forgot it.1840 Crockett Almanac 2 The sun will be enermost hid.1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiv. 113 He..has got the whole Bible eeny most by heart.1870 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories (1871) 189 Then he'd jaw and scold so that she was eenymost beat out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	eenamost
释义	e'enamostadv. /ˈiːnəməʊst/ Forms: Also α. e'en a most, a'most; β. enymost, eeny(-)most, enermost. Etymology: < e'en even adv. and prep. + a'most almost adv. English and U.S. dialect. Almost; nearly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adverb] > for the most part nigheOE almostOE three-quarters1677 e'enamost1735 about1769 α. 1735–6 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) E'en a'most, almost. 1781 Pennsylvania Jrnl. (Philadelphia) 20 June I once heard a man say, another ‘swore terribly; he swore e'en amost like a wood pile’. 1839 Havana (N.Y.) Republ. 21 Aug. [The whale's head] was e'en a most off. 1843 T. C. Haliburton Attaché I. xiv. 253 The repudiation of debts has lowered us down e'en a'most to the bottom of the shaft. 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. I. iv. 43 He looked eenamost tuckered out. 1891 H. Frederic Copperhead (1894) 208 ‘I could e'en a'most 'a' thought it was Alvy talkin',’ was what he said. 1911 in Dial. Notes 3 543. β. 1813 E. Knight Let. 18 Oct. in J. Austen Lett. (1995) 242 Poor Will Amos..said the fleas were so starved..that they..eenermost eat him up.1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing liv. 168 It was made so long ago, he has enymost forgot it.1840 Crockett Almanac 2 The sun will be enermost hid.1845 S. Judd Margaret i. xiv. 113 He..has got the whole Bible eeny most by heart.1870 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Fireside Stories (1871) 189 Then he'd jaw and scold so that she was eenymost beat out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adv.1735
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