para mount

adjective

chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.

above others in rank or authority; superior in power or jurisdiction.

noun

a supreme ruler; overlord.

Origin:
1525–35; < Anglo-French paramont above, equivalent to par per- + a mont < Latin ad montem to the mountain, hence, in Old French: upward, above; see ad-, mount²

Related forms

par·a·mount·cy, noun

par·a·mount·ly, adverb

su·per·par·a·mount, adjective

Can be confused: paramount, tantamount, ultimately.

Synonyms
1. See dominant.

Antonyms
1. unimportant.

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paramount (ˈpærəˌmaʊnt)

—*adj*
1.	of the greatest importance or significance; pre-eminent

—n
2.	rare a supreme ruler

[C16: via Anglo-Norman from Old French paramont, from par by + -amont above, from Latin ad montem to the mountain]

'paramountcy

—n

'paramountly

—*adv*

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paramount

1531, from Anglo-Fr. paramont "above" (in place, order, degree), 1339, from O.Fr. par "by" + amont "up," from a mont "upward." The whole from L. per ad montem, lit. "to the hill."

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