nethermost
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nethermost
First recorded in 1250–1300, nethermost is from the Middle English word nethermast. See nether, -most
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Meanwhile the citizens stagger about “in this dreadful abyss of brokenness, this dead valley of hopelessness, this nethermost pit of faithlessness.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2020
“We have trod the face of the Moon, touched the nethermost pit of the sea, and can link minds instantaneously across vast distances,” he writes.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2011
"Within five years," patriotic Mayor Herriot has made Napoleon Emperor of the three Americas, great lord of all that lies between 'Alaska and the nethermost tip of Chile.
From Time Magazine Archive
The scene could have been played in Dante's nethermost pit.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Lord Castlewell had seen her, and had heard her; and Mr. Moss, with all his abominations, was sent down to the bottom of the nethermost pit.
From The Landleaguers by Trollope, Anthony
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
