different between supreme vs unmitigated

English

Alternative forms

• suprême

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French suprême, from Latin supremus, superlative of superus (“that is above”). Doublet of supremo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s(j)u??p?i?m/

Adjective

supreme (comparative supremer or more supreme, superlative supremest or most supreme)

1. Dominant, having power over all others.
2. (sometimes postpositive) Greatest, most excellent, extreme, most superior, highest, or utmost.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:supreme.
3. (botany) Situated at the highest part or point.

Synonyms

• (having power over all others): predominant, preponderant, regnant

Antonyms

• inferior
• minor

Derived terms

Related terms

• super

Translations

Verb

supreme (third-person singular simple present supremes, present participle supreming, simple past and past participle supremed)

1. (transitive, cooking) To divide a citrus fruit into its segments, removing the skin, pith, membranes, and seeds.

Noun

supreme (plural supremes)

1. The highest point.
2. (cooking) A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.
3. (cooking) A breast of chicken or duck with the wing bone attached.
4. (cooking) Anything from which all skin, bones, and other parts which are not eaten have been removed, such as a skinless fish fillet.

Further reading

• supreme in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• supreme in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• supreme at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• eusperm, presume

Interlingua

Adjective

supreme (comparative plus supreme, superlative le plus supreme)

1. supreme

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su?pr?me/, [s?u?pr???.me]
• Rhymes: -?me
• Hyphenation: su?pre?me

Adjective

supreme

1. feminine plural of supremo

Anagrams

• presume

Latin

Adjective

supr?me

1. vocative masculine singular of supr?mus

English

Etymology

From un- +? mitigated

Adjective

unmitigated (comparative more unmitigated, superlative most unmitigated)

1. Not mitigated.
2. (intensifier) Total, complete, utter.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, ch. 12

     "You don't care if people think you an utter blackguard? You don't care if she and your children have to beg their bread?"

     "Not a damn."

     I was silent for a moment in order to give greater force to my next remark. I spoke as deliberately as I could.

     "You are a most unmitigated cad."

     "Now that you've got that off your chest, let's go and have dinner."

Translations

References

• “unmitigated”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.