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Definitions for nethermost
ˈnɛð ərˌmoʊst, -məstnether·most
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word nethermost.
Princeton's WordNet
bottommost, lowermost, nethermostadjective
farthest down
"bottommost shelf"
Wiktionary
nethermostadjective
farthest down; lowest
Etymology: From nether + most
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Nethermostnoun
Lowest.
Etymology: super. of nether.
Great is thy mercy toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the nethermost hell. Psalm lxxxvi. 13.
Undaunted to meet there whatever pow’r,
Or spirit, of the nethermost abyss
Might in that noise reside. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ii.All that can be said of a liar lodged in the very nethermost hell, is this, that if the vengeance of God could prepare any place worse than hell for sinners, hell itself would be too good for him. Robert South, Sermons.
Heraclitus tells us, that the eclipse of the sun was after the manner of a boat, when the concave, as to our sight, appears uppermost, and the convex nethermost. John Keill, aga. Bur.
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nethermost
Nethermost refers to the absolute lowest or farthest point; situated or positioned beneath or below all others. It's the superlative form of "nether," meaning lower in position.
Webster Dictionary
Nethermostadjective
lowest; as, the nethermost abyss
Etymology: [AS. niemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost.]
Anagrams for nethermost »
stenotherm
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nethermost in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nethermost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of nethermost in a Sentence
I do not think myself to be a worm, and a grub, grass of the field fit only to be burned, a clod, a morsel of putrid atoms that should be thrown to the dungheap, ready for the nethermost pit. Nor if I did should I therefore expect to sit with Angels and Archangels.
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