different between outermost vs exocarp

English

Etymology

From Middle English uttermost, uttirmest, uttermast, outemast, alteration (due to Middle English outre (“outer”)) of Old English ?temest, ?temest (“outermost”), equivalent to outer +? -most. Doublet of uttermost.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?mo?st/

Adjective

outermost

1. superlative form of outer: most outer

   He lived on the outermost edge of the city.

Antonyms

• innermost

Related terms

• outermore

Translations

Noun

outermost (plural outermosts)

1. That which is outermost; the surface; the outside.
   • 1845, C. P. Bronson, Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy

     Observe, the Analytical course is from outermosts to innermosts, from effects to causes […]

English

Etymology

exo- + Ancient Greek ?????? (karpós, “fruit”); exo- +? -carp.

Noun

exocarp (plural exocarps)

1. (biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp

Related terms

• exocarpic

Translations

Anagrams

• praecox, precoxa

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??k.so??k?rp/
• Hyphenation: exo?carp
• Rhymes: -?rp

Noun

exocarp n (uncountable)

1. exocarp

Romanian

Etymology

From French exocarpe.

Noun

exocarp n (plural exocarpuri)

1. exocarpe

Declension