outermore

English

Etymology

From Middle English uttermore, outermere, ottermore, uttermor, equivalent to outer +‎ -more. Doublet of uttermore.

Adjective

outermore

  1. (rare) comparative form of outer: more outer
    • 2008, Andor Harvey Gomme, Austin Harvey Gomme, Alison Maguire, Design and Plan in the Country House:
      […] the outer two of which are displaced outwards so as to correspond with the outermore of four bays on the two main storeys; […]
    • 2012, Dimitris Gritzalis, Steven Furnell, Marianthi Theoharidou, Information Security and Privacy Research:
      Precisely, the user is not involved directly but through one of their personas, expressed through the outermore layer.
    • 2013, Matthias Schädel, Dawn Shaughnessy, The Chemistry of Superheavy Elements, page 162:
      This is due to the fact that the 5f shell is more diffuse than the 4f shell, so that the contraction of the outermore valence shells is increased by relativity to a larger extent in the case of the 6d elements as compared to the 5d elements.
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