topmostadj.
/ˈtɒpməʊst/, /ˈtɒpməst/, U.S. /ˈtɑpˌmoʊst/ Uppermost, highest. Also absol., highest part.
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the world > space > relative position > high position > [adjective] > in highest position
highestOE
umestOE
overesta1325
upperestc1374
overmosta1382
supremec1487
upmost1488
uppermostc1500
highermost1593
top1595
topmost1697
headmost1758
culminant1849
tip-topmost1937
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis vii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 403 A swarm of Bees..Upon the topmost Branch in Clouds alight.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) I. 668 An ambition of..gaining the topmost summit of it.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 51 Susan..had some pride, Among our topmost people to preside.
1827–35 N. P. Willis Scholar of Thebet Ben Khorat 228 Wisdom sits alone, Topmost in heaven.
1875 W. Morris tr. Virgil Æneids xii. 493 The eager-driven spear Smote on his helm, and shore away the topmost of his crest.
1899 E. J. Chapman Drama Two Lives 17 The topmost peaks were still aflame With the red sunset's dying glow.
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