† uttermoreadj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
1. More outward, remoter, farther removed; exterior, outer (opposed to inner).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adjective] > outer
uttera901
outmera1382
utmer1382
uttermorec1384
uttererc1410
outera1425
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxii. 13 His hondis and feet bounden, sende ȝee hym into vttermore derknessis.
14.. Wycliffite Bible Ezek. xlvi. 21 Wher thei shuln say sacrifice, that thei bere not out in to the vtmer [v.r. vttermore] house.
c1520 M. Nisbet New Test. in Scots (1901) I. Matt. viii. 12 [They] salbe castin out into vtirmaire mirknessis.
?1572 tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde (new ed.) i. f. li The seconde or vttermer infolder of the bottome of the matrix.
1584 J. Dee Jrnl. in True & Faithful Relation Spirits (1659) i. 249 The foresaid Letter..And moreover..the Copy of the Emperours Letter, all in one uttermore paper closed (Letter like) sealed, and with superscription.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 701 The two Pyramides in the middest..did almost touch one another: the uttermore stand not far off.
2. Very great; utmost. rare.
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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
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xx. 18 Al the puple..ferde and smitun togidere with vttermore drede.
3. External; secular; lay. rare.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [adjective]
worldlyOE
dryc1175
fleshlyc1175
of the world?c1225
secularc1290
timely1340
of hencec1384
uttermore1395
worldisha1400
profane1474
humanc1475
mundanec1475
mundial1499
carnal?1510
seculary1520
unghostly1526
worldly-minded1528
sensual1529
earthly-minded1535
civil1536
subcelestial1561
worldly-witted1563
secular-minded1597
ghostlessa1603
lay1609
mundal1614
non-ecclesiastical1630
unspiritual1643
wilderness1651
worldly-handed1657
outward1674
timesome1674
apsychical1678
secularized1683
hylastic1684
choical1708
Sadducee1746
gay1798
unspiritualized1816
secularizing1825
unreligious1832
secularistic1862
apneumatic1864
Sadduceeic1875
this-worldly1883
this world1889
1395 J. Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 138 It were bettere to him that ertheli dedes constreyniden him to deth, vndir vttir~more other worldli abide.
4. = outward adj. 4. rare.
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a1420 Wycliffite Bible Prov. iii. 3 (margin) Temperaunce and oneste in vtirmere conuersacioun.
B. adv.
Farther outward. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > farther out
utterc888
uttermore1414
1414 26 Pol. Poems 58 Whanne ȝe han made pes wiþ-ynne All ȝoure reme in vnyte, Vttere-more ȝe mot bygynne.
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