supereminent
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- supereminence noun
- supereminently adverb
Etymology
Origin of supereminent
1545–55; < Latin superēminent- (stem of superēminēns ), present participle of supereminēre to stand out. See super-, eminent
Example Sentences
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Had the President chosen this supereminent publicist, from whose pursed lips come editorial pearls, to confide an exegesis of the historic "do not choose" statement?
From Time Magazine Archive
Tennessee, unconquered by any regular-season opponent during the past three years, has this year lost 13 lettermen as well as its supereminent coach, Major Bob Neyland, U.S.A.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is this quality which has made the master-works of Chillingworth and Bentley supereminent.
From Gibbon by Morison, James Cotter
Professor Wendell reaches a still greater height when he decorates the Tyrtæus of the Confederate States and the supereminent anti-slavery lyricist of the north with equal homage and admiration.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
But the universal of all is the conjugial sphere, because this is the supereminent sphere of conservation of the created universe, 222.
From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel
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