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单词 utterest
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utterestadj.n.

/ˈʌtərɛst/
Forms: Also Middle English uttrest, Middle English otter(e)st, vttyreste, vterrest(e, vttrest(e, -ist, utteres, Scottish uterast.
Etymology: < utter adj. + -est suffix. Compare Old Frisian ûterst , utterst , utrest , etc., Old Low German ûtrist , Middle Dutch uterst (Dutch uiterst ), Old High German ûȥar-, ûȥȥar-, ûȥorosto , etc. (Middle High German ûȥȥer- , -ûȥereste , German äusserst ), Old Norse útarst , adverb (Danish yderst , Norwegian ytrast , yttarst ), Middle Swedish yterst(e , ytärsta , etc. (Swedish ytterst ), a superlative formed on a comparative: compare outerest adj.
A. adj.Now rare, the usual form being uttermost.
1. Most outward; = utmost adj. 1. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > most distant or remotest
utterestc1200
lastc1225
furthestc1374
farthest1377
lattera1382
outmosta1382
outerestc1392
uttermost1398
yondermest1513
farmost1581
hindmost1596
yondmost1608
extremea1616
farthermost1619
furthermost1765
endermost1803
ultimate1848
endmost1879
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] > outermost
utmostc950
outmosta1382
outerestc1392
uttermost1398
extremal1447
utteresta1492
extreme1503
uppermost1548
outermost1587
outwardmost1598
extimate1659
c1200 Vices & Virtues 17 Ðanne clepeð he his pineres, & hat hem me nemen,..& werpen me in ðe uttreste þiesternesse.
c1200 Vices & Virtues 17 Þe uttreste is se þiesternesse of helle.
c1350 Leg. Rood 69 Þai fell In-to þe vtterest end of hell.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) i. pr. i. 7 Þo come sche nere and sette hir doun vpon þe vterreste corner of my bedde.
14.. Middle Eng. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 93 Doo away the vttrest barke.
1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 568/2 Your seid Town is sette in the utterest place of this youre Reame.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xvi. f. xixv/1 He had dwellyd in thutterest or last desertes of Heracleos.
2.
a. Extreme; = utmost adj. 2. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > greatest in quantity, amount, or degree
mosteOE
utmosta1325
uttermore1382
utterestc1386
uttermost1429
outmost1447
utter1513
supreme1571
summoperous1647
top1714
mostest1882
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Tale (Cambr.) 787 His wif to tempte more To the vttyreste priue of hire corage.
c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) iii. iv. 53 Doyng yow to wite, that ye ben now wretchid poure Caitifs at the vtterest meschyef.
c1444 R. Pecock Donet 90 Gloriose benefetis of god..ben in her vtterist goodnes and felicite.
a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) ii. ii. 120/2 Punysshed with the uttrest payne & torment.
1481 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 67 I schall do my best in sayelles [sc. sales] to my otterst poyer.
1530 A. Baynton in Palsgr. p. xii He..may..in a brefe tyme attayne to his utterest desyre.
1883 J. Parker Tyne Chylde 89 The utterest darkness of the wintriest night.
b. Of persons: that is such to a superlative degree; greatest.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > that is such in a high degree > entitled to designation in high degree > in highest degree
mostc1300
uttermostc1572
utterest1593
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 8 If you should denie it,..the diuill (my vttrest enemy) would confirme it.
1873 ‘Ouida’ Pascarèl II. 140 The utterest fool..in all the universe.
3. Last, final; = utmost adj. 3. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adjective] > later > last, latest, or most advanced
aftermostOE
utterestc1400
uttermostc1440
utmosta1500
lattermore1534
furthest1559
c1400 N. Love tr. Bonaventura Mirror Life Christ (1908) xxxvi. 184 He wolde..myȝtily suffre the malice of his pursueres in to the vttereste ende.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 513/1 Vttrest, and laste of alle,..extremus, novissimus.
c1470 G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 371 Thaugh your wytt excelle & be more hable To discerne the vtterest Iugement In any case to your appurtenent.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 255 Till all gude resoun of vterast conclusioun of vnderstanding of this poynt.
B. n.
1. Extreme limit, part, etc.; = utmost n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > distant parts > the remotest part or place
utmostc825
world-endOE
world's endc1275
utteresta1300
utmostsa1382
uttermost1382
uttermosta1390
arsea1600
apogee1670
jumping-off place1826
Timbuctoo1863
arse-end1896
ass-end1960
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxiv. 7 Fra vttrest of erthe kloudes ledand.
a1300 E.E. Psalter cxxxviii. 8 If i..eerde in vtrest of þe se.
a1325 Prose Psalter cxxxviii. 8 Ȝif þat y take my liȝtynges..and wonne in þe vtterest [Dublin MS. vttermast] of þe see.
2. The very most; = utmost n. 2, 2b Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree
heightOE
perfectiona1398
utterestc1410
uttermosta1425
tiptoec1440
pinnaclec1450
utmost1472
outmostc1535
extremity1543
abyss1548
top1552
furthest, utmost stretch1558
summa summarum1567
superlative1573
strain1576
extreme1595
fine1596
last1602
yondmost1608
super-superlative1623
pitch1624
utmostness1674
pink1720
supreme1817
ultima Thule1828
peak1902
c1410 Lantern of Light 122 We must do oure vttirest to conforme oure wille to þis.
1450 W. Yelverton in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 53 Þat wyll sette hym verely to do þe vtterest ayens yow.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 102 I haue not yet shewde the vtterist of my myght on yow.
1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 145 b Defending theim selues to their vtterest, from the force of any other.
1577 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Chron. 41 Traiane did vtter and expend the vtterest of his skill, deuice, and policie, to take him.
3. to the utterest, = utmost n. 4.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > thoroughly or to the utmost > of one's power
to the utterestc1400
at (the) utterestc1420
to the utmostc1450
at (the) utterance1513
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxiv. 111 Þe emperour..destruyd þam to þe vtterest.
?c1430 Brut ii. 437 Thei two floughten togederis, armyd at all poyntis, to the vtterist.
1474 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 150 He seith hit..wolbe sued to the utterest accordyng to your title.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 108 Neuer for noman wold I torne fro yow, But abyde by yow to the vtterist.
1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 129 Paulus Emilius..did his paine to the vttereste, that his children should be like hym.
1884 J. Payne tr. Tales from Arabic I. 302 She was distinguished to the utterest for chastity.
(b)1513 W. Sabyn in A. Spont Lett. & Papers War France (1897) X. 142 I do yt to the utterest off my power.1540 T. Cromwell in R. B. Merriman Life & Lett. T. Cromwell (1902) II. 272 To the utterest of my Remembraunce.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Rom. xv. f. xlii Iesus Christe, whose worke I labour in, to the vtterest of my power.
4. at (the) utterest:
a. = sense B. 3. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [phrase] > thoroughly or to the utmost > of one's power
to the utterestc1400
at (the) utterestc1420
to the utmostc1450
at (the) utterance1513
c1420 Brut ii. 355 Þeze ij worthi lordez comyn yn to þe ffelde, clene armed.., and were yn the place redy to fiȝt at þe vttrest.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 99 If eny man dare not..suffre his feith and hise othere opiniouns be brouȝt into liȝt..to be at uttrist examyned.
b. At the utmost limit or latest period of time. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > at the latest
by the lasta1225
yeta1325
at (the) latestc1400
at (the) utterestc1425
at (the) farthest1600
c1425 Orolog. Sapient. v, in Anglia X. 361/24 To-morowe or atte þe vtterist with-in þis seuen-nyȝte.
1487 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 169 Wythyn viij or x days wee schall knowe at the uttrest.
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