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paramount

adj
/ˈpæɹəmaʊnt/UK/ˈpæɹəˌmaʊnt/US/ˈpɛɹəˌmaʊnt/

Etymology

PIE word *h₂éd From Anglo-Norman paramont /paramount (“paramount, pre-eminent; above”), from Old French par /per (“by”) + amont /amunt (“upward”). Par is derived from Latin per (“by means of, through”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to go through; to carry forth, fare”); amont and amunt are from Latin ad montem (“to the mountain; upward”), from ad (“up to”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“at; to”)) + montem (the accusative singular of mōns (“mount, mountain”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stand out, tower”)).

  1. derived from *men-✻ — “to stand out, tower”
  2. derived from *h₂éd✻ — “at; to”
  3. derived from ad montem — “to the mountain; upward”
  4. derived from *per-✻ — “to go through; to carry forth, fare”
  5. derived from per — “by means of, through”
  6. derived from par//per — “by”
  7. derived from paramont//paramount — “paramount, pre-eminent; above”

Definitions

  1. Highest, supreme

    Highest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.

    • […]a Traitor Paramount;
    • Hitherto she had chiefly dwelt on her unkindness and neglect; but absence, like charity, covers a multitude of sins; and the thought now paramount was, that she should see her no more.

  2. Of the highest importance.

    • Getting those credit cards paid off is paramount.

  3. Of a law, right, etc.

    Of a law, right, etc.: having precedence over or superior to another.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A chief or superior

      A chief or superior; (specifically, chiefly South Africa) an African chief having the highest status in a region; a paramount chief.

    2. A supreme ruler

      A supreme ruler; an overlord; (specifically, historical) in the feudal system, a landowner who did not derive ownership of the land from anyone else, and who was able to grant fees to others; a lord paramount.

    3. A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at paramount. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at paramount. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at paramount

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA