overmost

English

Etymology

From over +‎ -most.

Adjective

overmost (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) The highest (in authority, status, or elevation)
   • 1900, F. S. Ellis, The Golden Legend, translation of original by Jacobus de Varagine:

     shaving which is on the overmost part of the head signifieth that between God and them ought to be nothing ne mean that should displease

References

• “overmost”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.