superultimate

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

super- + ultimate

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /suːpəɹˈʌltɪmɪt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /suːpəɹˈʌltəmɪt/
  • Hyphenation: su‧per‧ul‧ti‧mate

Adjective

superultimate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Beyond what is usually ultimate; truly ultimate.
    • 1963, United States. Congress, Congressional Record, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 13639:
      This article is the superultimate in misrepresentation and inaccuracy.
    • 1972, Otto Rank Association, Otto Rank, Journal Volumes 7-8, page 99:
      We can no longer speak glibly of revolution in an era when war could bring on the superultimate repression: death of the human race.
    • 2003, Journal of Religious Studies, Volume 34, Department of Religious Studies, Punjabi University, page 90:
      The essence of these divinities is that of intermediaries between a being and a supreme superultimate Being.
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