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Definition of Highmost
1. a. Highest.
Definition of Highmost
1. Adjective. (obsolete) highest ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Highmost
1. highest [adj] - See also: highest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highmost
Literary usage of Highmost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A New English Grammar, Logical and Historical by Henry Sweet (1900)
"... analogy of this form superlatives such as highmost were formed direct from
adjectives, highmost being perhaps regarded as a transposition of most high. ..."
2. A Short Historical English Grammar by Henry Sweet (1892)
"... analogy of this form superlatives such as highmost were formed direct from
adjectives, highmost being perhaps regarded as a transposition of most high. ..."
3. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (1904)
"highmost. Cf. Sonn. 7. 9: " But when from highmost pitch, with weary car," etc.
We still use hindmost, topmost, etc. 11. Hours. ..."
4. Management Desk Alliance/Leicest by HarperCollins Publishers Limited, Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society (1886)
"The principal rooms of the mansion were the Further and the Nearer highmost Chambers.
These were the bedrooms in the tower proper, one of them being that ..."
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