SUPER'LATIVE, adjective [Latin superlativus; super and latio, latus, fero.] 1. Highest in degree; most eminent; surpassing all other; as a man of superlative wisdom or prudence, of superlative worth; a woman of superlative beauty. 2. Supreme; as the superlative glory of the divine character. 3. In grammar, expressing the highest or utmost degree; as the superlative degree of comparison. SUPER'LATIVE, noun In grammar, the superlative degree of adjectives, which is formed by the termination est, as meanest, highest, bravest; or by the use of most, as most high, most brave; or by least, as least amiable.
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