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单词 southermost
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southermostadj.

Brit. /ˈsʌðəməʊst/, U.S. /ˈsəðərˌmoʊst/
Forms: see souther adj. and -most suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: souther adj., -most suffix.
Etymology: < souther adj. + -most suffix. Compare westermost adj., eastermost adj., northermost adj. Compare earlier southmost adj. and later southernmost adj.
Now rare.
= southernmost adj.
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the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective] > most
southerOE
southmostOE
southermost1555
southernmost1591
far-southern1856
1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 351v The southermost [is] lyke vnto a iebet.
?1574 W. Bourne Regiment for Sea xvii. f. 45v The Southermost place in England, is the Lizarde in Cornwal.
1626 W. Vaughan Golden Fleece (title page) The Southermost Part of the Iland, commonly called the Newfovndland.
1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 94 The southermost of the 2 hindermost stars in the brest of the Whale.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 295 The Southermost End of the Island.
1762 Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 174 The consequent and southermost limb of the sun.
1814 W. Scott Diary 31 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. viii. 253 United to the continent by a key..built along the southermost channel.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 78 The southermost vessel..will have the wind veering.
1904 H. P. Beach India & Christian Opportunity i. 11 Tenasserim, Burma's southermost tongue of land, is fringed along its entire length by a vast number of islands.
1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 93 Two large ditch-like features, or pits, located only in the southermost narrow trench, contained much waterlogged material.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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