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su⋅preme

1  [suh-preem, soo-]
–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.
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Origin:
1510–20; < L suprēmus, superl. of superus upper, adj. deriv. of super (see super- )

Related forms:
su⋅preme⋅ly, adverb
su⋅preme⋅ness, noun
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su·preme   (sŏŏ-prēm')   
adj.  

  1. Greatest in power, authority, or rank; paramount or dominant.

  2. Greatest in importance, degree, significance, character, or achievement.

  3. Ultimate; final: the supreme sacrifice.


[Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus, upper, from super, over; see uper in Indo-European roots.]
su·preme'ly adv., su·preme'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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