† uttermore, a. and adv. Obs.
Forms: 4–5 vtter-, etc., vtirmere (6 Sc. -maire), 5–6 -mer; 4–7 -more, 5 vttermor.
[f. utter a. + -more. Cf. ON. {uacu}tar meirr, MSw. yttermere (Sw. -mera, Da. ydermere), and outermore a.]
A. adj.
1. More outward, remoter, farther removed; exterior, outer (opp. to inner).
| 1382 Wyclif Matt. xxii. 13 His hondis and feet bounden, sende ȝee hym into vttermore derknessis. 14.. Wycliffite Bible Ezek. xlvi. 21 Wher thei shuln say sacrifice, that thei bere not out in to the vtmer [v.r. vttermore] house. c 1520 M. Nisbet Matt. viii. 12 [They] salbe castin out into vtirmaire mirknessis. 1565 Raynald's Byrth Mankynde p. li, The seconde or vttermer infolder of the bottome of the matrix. a 1608 Dee Relat. Spirits i. (1659) 249 The foresaid letter,..and moreover..the Copy of the Emperour's letter, all in one uttermore paper closed (Letter like). 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. i. 701 The two Pyramides in the middest..did almost touch one another: the uttermore stand not far off. |
2. Very great; utmost. rare—1.
| 1382 Wyclif Exod. xx. 18 Al the puple..ferde and smitun togidere with vttermore drede. |
3. External; secular; lay. rare—1.
| 1395 Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 138 It were bettere to him that ertheli dedes constreyniden him to deth, vndir vttir⁓more other worldli abide. |
4. = outward a. 4. rare—1.
| a 1420 Wycliffite Bible Prov. iii. 3 margin, Temperaunce and oneste in vtirmere conuersacioun. |
B. adv. Farther outward. rare—1.
| 1414 26 Pol. Poems 58 Whanne ȝe han made pes wiþ-ynne All ȝoure reme in vnyte, Vttere-more ȝe mot bygynne. |