† ˈoutermore, a. Obs.
Also 4–5 -mere, 7 -mer.
[A variant of uttermore, f. outer + -mer, -more: cf. innermore.]
Outer; external, outward.
| 1388 Wyclif Ecclus. xiii. 32 marg., Thou schalt fynde in fewe men the ynnere goodnesse of soule, and of outermere conuersacioun togidere. ― Ezek. xlvi. 21 He ledde me out in to the outermere halle. c 1400 Prymer (1894) 72 Mi soule be fillid [wiþ] innere fatnesse & outermere fatnesse. a 1640 Jackson Creed x. xlv. §3 We cannot allot a lower or outermer mansion in heaven itself than that. 1674 N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 117 One atome in the inner rims, would be even to more than one in the outermore. |