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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Superlative

Su-pēr'la-tīve, a.

adjective

(14), a. [Lat. superlativus, from superlatus, p. p. of superferre; Fr. superlatif, Pr. superlatiu, Sp., Pg., & It. superlativo. See supra.]

  1. Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; supreme; as, a man of superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.
  2. (Gram.) Expressing as a form of the adjective or adverb, the highest degree of the quality, as among the objects that are compared; as, the superlative degree of comparison.

Su-pēr'la-tīve, n.

noun

n. 1. That which is highest or most eminent. 2. (Gram.) (a.) The degree of adjectives and adverbs which is formed by the termination est, as meanest, highest, bravest; or by the use of most, as most mean, most high, most brave; or by least, as least amiable. (b.) A word in the superlative degree.