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Supereminent
Webster 1828 Edition
Supereminent
SUPEREM'INENT
,Adj.
Definition 2024
supereminent
supereminent
English
Adjective
supereminent (comparative more supereminent, superlative most supereminent)
- Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; supremely remarkable. [from 16th c.]
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.2.ii:
- so far was beauty adored amongst them, that no man was thought fit to reign that was not in all parts complete and supereminent.
- 1888, Henry James, The Modern Warning.
- The conservatives had come into power just after his marriage, and he had held honourable though not supereminent office.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.2.ii: