northernmostadj.

Brit.

/ˈnɔːðnməʊst/, U.S.

/ˈnɔrðərnˌmoʊst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: northern adj., -most suffix.

Etymology: < northern adj. + -most suffix. Compare earlier northmost adj., northermost adj. Compare also easternmost adj., southernmost adj., westernmost adj.

Most northerly; situated furthest to the north. Cf. northermost adj., northmost adj.

ΘΚΠ

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

northereOE

northmosteOE

northest1488

northermost1572

northernmost1661

normost1694

far-northern1856

1661 T. Allin Jrnl. (Tanner 296) 13 Jan. The thwart marke is the falling away of the first gray cliffe or northernmost gray cliffe.

1725 D. Defoe Voy. round World (1840) 106 The northernmost land of Grand Tartary.

1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 331 The whole transit will be visible to a considerable part of Swedish Lapland, the northernmost parts of Asia, etc.

1797 C. Smith Forest Boy in Elegiac Sonnets & other Poems II. 63 The green hills, on whose northernmost side Was his own sylvan home.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (1837) I. ii. vi. 392 The northernmost group of the British Islands.

1843 C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes in Forest & Prairie I. 15 The northernmost source is in Lake Colden, or rather Avalanche Lake.

1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours iv. 93 At its northernmost end it turns sharply westward.

1906 Harper's Mag. June 29/1 The northernmost limit of the trek-ox in Africa.

1933 Science 1 Sept. 190/2 The writer hopes to report later on the effect of the frost on the stump sprouts in the northernmost grove.

1993 D. Paterson Nil Nil 26 You set out on foot For the northernmost tip of a council estate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	northernmost
释义	northernmostadj. Brit. /ˈnɔːðnməʊst/, U.S. /ˈnɔrðərnˌmoʊst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: northern adj., -most suffix. Etymology: < northern adj. + -most suffix. Compare earlier northmost adj., northermost adj. Compare also easternmost adj., southernmost adj., westernmost adj. Most northerly; situated furthest to the north. Cf. northermost adj., northmost adj. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective] > most northereOE northmosteOE northest1488 northermost1572 northernmost1661 normost1694 far-northern1856 1661 T. Allin Jrnl. (Tanner 296) 13 Jan. The thwart marke is the falling away of the first gray cliffe or northernmost gray cliffe. 1725 D. Defoe Voy. round World (1840) 106 The northernmost land of Grand Tartary. 1766 Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 331 The whole transit will be visible to a considerable part of Swedish Lapland, the northernmost parts of Asia, etc. 1797 C. Smith Forest Boy in Elegiac Sonnets & other Poems II. 63 The green hills, on whose northernmost side Was his own sylvan home. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (1837) I. ii. vi. 392 The northernmost group of the British Islands. 1843 C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes in Forest & Prairie I. 15 The northernmost source is in Lake Colden, or rather Avalanche Lake. 1870 R. A. Proctor Other Worlds than Ours iv. 93 At its northernmost end it turns sharply westward. 1906 Harper's Mag. June 29/1 The northernmost limit of the trek-ox in Africa. 1933 Science 1 Sept. 190/2 The writer hopes to report later on the effect of the frost on the stump sprouts in the northernmost grove. 1993 D. Paterson Nil Nil 26 You set out on foot For the northernmost tip of a council estate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1661
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