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overmost

overmost adjective: the highest (in authority, status, or elevation).

Adjective

overmost (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) The highest (in authority, status, or elevation)
    • shaving which is on the overmost part of the head signifieth that between God and them ought to be nothing ne mean that should displease1900, F. S. Ellis, The Golden Legend, translation of original by Jacobus de Varagine

Origin of overmost

From over + -most.

Questions about overmost

What does overmost mean?
Overmost means the highest (in authority, status, or elevation).
What part of speech is overmost?
Overmost is an adjective.

Words near overmost in the dictionary

  1. overmortality
  2. overmortgage
  3. overmortgaged
  4. overmortgages
  5. overmortgaging
  6. overmost
  7. overmother
  8. overmothered
  9. overmothering
  10. overmothers
  11. overmotivated

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