supereminent

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French supereminent, and its source, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin supereminens, adjectival use of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin superēminēre (corresponding to super- +‎ eminent).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːpəɹˈɛmɪnənt/

Adjective

supereminent (comparative more supereminent, superlative most supereminent)

1. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; supremely remarkable. [from 16th c.]
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 2, subsection ii:

     so far was beauty adored amongst them, that no man was thought fit to reign that was not in all parts complete and supereminent.

   • 1888, Henry James, The Modern Warning.

     The conservatives had come into power just after his marriage, and he had held honourable though not supereminent office.

Synonyms

• preeminent
• supreme

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) superēminent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of superēmineō