utmost
/ˈʌtmoʊ̯st/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[W]e coaſted within 2 leagues of Antibes, which is the utmoſt towne in France."
- "[T]he maſters, wardens, ſearchers, aſſiſtants and commonalty of the company of cutlers in Hallamſhire in the county of York, their ſucceſſors and aſſigns, are nominated and appointed undertakers of the ſaid navigation, with power to make the ſaid river navigable, at their own expence, from Holmſtile aforeſaid, up the ſaid river above Holmſtile to the utmoſt extent of Tinſley westward, [...]"
- "As yet we are far from having explored the utmost depths of space. Our telescopes have only reached a limited distance into the regions of the heavens."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈʌtmoʊ̯st/
- British English: /ˈʌtməʊ̯st/