nethermost
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English neþermeste; equivalent to nether + -most.
Adjective
[edit]nethermost (not comparable)
- (chiefly literary, archaic) Farthest down; lowest.
- [1629], Iohn Gaule [i.e., John Gaule], Practique Theories: Or, Votiue Speculations, vpon Iesus Christs Prediction. Incarnation. Passion. Resurrection. […], London: […] [Thomas Cotes] for Iames Bowler, →OCLC, page 141:
- He merited not the Abaſement; vve vvere vvorthy the Damnation. Ah, ah my good Sauiour! A Nethermoſt depth cannot ſincke me lovv enough, ſince thou ſtoop'ſt to a Footſtoole. Thou likenedſt thee to me, I vvill compare me to Nothing: […]
Usage notes
[edit]- Not a true superlative in its formation.
- Used in the Cumbrian topographical name Nethermost Cove.