"outermost" meaning in English

See outermost in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈaʊtɚmoʊst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-outermost.wav Forms: outmost [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English uttermost, uttirmest, uttermast, outemast, alteration (due to Middle English outre (“outer”)) of Old English ūtemest, ȳtemest (“outermost”), equivalent to outer + -most. Doublet of uttermost. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uttermost}} Middle English uttermost, {{cog|enm|outre|t=outer}} Middle English outre (“outer”), {{inh|en|ang|ūtemest}} Old English ūtemest, {{suf|en|outer|most}} outer + -most, {{doublet|en|uttermost}} Doublet of uttermost Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adjective}} outermost
  1. superlative form of outer: most outer; farthest outside; as far from the center or inside as possible. Tags: form-of, superlative Form of: outer (extra: most outer; farthest outside; as far from the center or inside as possible) Synonyms: extimate [obsolete, rare], uttermost Related terms: outermore Translations (farthest outside): ἐξώτατος (exṓtatos) (Ancient Greek), νέατος (néatos) (Ancient Greek), buitenst (Dutch), ulommainen (Finnish), laitimmainen (Finnish), äußerst (German), estremo (Italian), extimus (Latin), yttersta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-outermost-en-adj-63HdD5K~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -most, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -most: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 91 9

Noun

IPA: /ˈaʊtɚmoʊst/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-outermost.wav Forms: outermosts [plural], outmost [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English uttermost, uttirmest, uttermast, outemast, alteration (due to Middle English outre (“outer”)) of Old English ūtemest, ȳtemest (“outermost”), equivalent to outer + -most. Doublet of uttermost. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uttermost}} Middle English uttermost, {{cog|enm|outre|t=outer}} Middle English outre (“outer”), {{inh|en|ang|ūtemest}} Old English ūtemest, {{suf|en|outer|most}} outer + -most, {{doublet|en|uttermost}} Doublet of uttermost Head templates: {{en-noun}} outermost (plural outermosts)
  1. That which is outermost.
    Sense id: en-outermost-en-noun-aKTBYf76

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.