utmost
adjEtymology
PIE word *úd From Middle English utmost, utemest [and other forms], from Old English ūtmest, ūtemest [and other forms], from ūt, ūte (“out; outdoors, outside”) + -mest (suffix meaning ‘furthest’, used to form superlatives of some adjectives) (and conflated with most). Ūt is derived from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out, outward”), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“out, outward”). Equivalent to out + -most.
Definitions
superlative form of utter
superlative form of utter: most utter; situated at the most distant limit; farthest, outermost.
- the utmost limits of the land
- the utmost extent of human knowledge
- Betwixt two thieves I [Jesus] ſpend my utmoſt breath, / As he that for ſome robberie ſuffereth.
The most extreme
The most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
- the utmost assiduity
- the utmost harmony
- the utmost misery or happiness
The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity
The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.
- at the utmost to the utmost
- [...] I am reſolved to pluck up the heart of a man, and to try my utmoſt to get from under his hand.
- [T]he utmoſt they could do, was to perſuade Him to lay aſide all Rancor and Diſcontent againſt thoſe Confederate Lords, and to hearken to their deſires.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at utmost. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at utmost. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at utmost
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