Category:Superlative

Su`per*la"tive, a. Etym: [l. superlativus, fr. superlatus excessive, Used as p.p. of superiorferre, but from a different root: cf. F. Superlatif. See elate, tolerate.]

1. Lifted up to the highest degree; most eminent; surpassing all Other; supreme; as, superlative wisdom or prudence; a woman of Superlative beauty; the superlative glory of the divine character.

2. (gram.)

Defn: expressing the highest or lowest degree of the quality, manner, Etc., denoted by an adjective or an adverb. The superlative degree is Formed from the positive by the use of -est, most, or least; as, Highest, most pleasant, least bright. -- su`per*la"tive*ly, adv. -- su`per*la"tive*ness, n.

Superlative Su`per*la"tive, n.

1. That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree.

2. (gram.) (a) the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or Word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, Wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives. Absolute Superlative, a superlative in an absolute rather than in a Comparative or exclusive sense. See elative.