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adjective
1.
highest in rank or authority; paramount; sovereign; chief.
2.
of the highest quality, degree, character, importance, etc.: supreme courage.
3.
greatest, utmost, or extreme: supreme disgust.
4.
last or final; ultimate.
Origin:
1510–20; < Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus upper, adj. derivative of super (see super-)
1510–20; < Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus upper, adj. derivative of super (see super-)
Related forms
su·preme·ly, adverb
su·preme·ness, noun
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Word Origin & History
supreme
1523, from M.Fr. suprême, from L. supremus "highest," superlative of superus "situated above," from super "above" (see super-). Supreme Being first attested 1699; Supreme Court is from 1709. Supremacist is attested from 1959, originally with ref. to racial beliefs.
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