supreme

supreme
supreme1
supremely, adv.supremeness, n.
/seuh preem", soo-/, adj.
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.
[1510-20; < L supremus, superl. of superus upper, adj. deriv. of super (see SUPER-)]
supreme2
/seuh preem", -praym", soo-/, n.
suprême (def. 3).

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