supereminent
/suːpəɹˈɛmɪnənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding; supremely remarkable.
Example Sentences
- "so far was beauty adored amongst them, that no man was thought fit to reign that was not in all parts complete and supereminent."
- "The conservatives had come into power just after his marriage, and he had held honourable though not supereminent office."
- "But these two ideas: first, the supereminent claims of the State above the claims of any of the lesser groups included within it, the right of the State to crush out family affection and individual warfare in order to its own perpetuation,—as in the case of Brutus sentencing his own son, of Coriolanus, of the Horatii, etc.; and, secondly, the right of all who are willing to conform to the requirements of the State to be included within the domain of citizenship."
Etymology
From Middle French supereminent, and its source, Late Latin supereminens, adjectival use of Latin superēminēre (corresponding to super- + eminent).
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more supereminent (comparative)
most supereminent (superlative)