supreme

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   greatest in status or authority or power

   a supreme tribunal

2. 2
   adj

   final or last in your life or progress

   the supreme sacrifice

3. 3
   adj

   highest in excellence or achievement

   supreme among musicians

4. 4
   adj

   Dominant, having power over all others.

   The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.

5. 5
   adj

   Greatest, or the most excellent, extreme, superior, highest, or utmost.

   supreme disgust

6. 6
   noun

   A pizza having a large number of the most common toppings, such as pepperoni, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, etc.

   Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.

7. 7
   adj

   greatest or maximal in degree

8. 8
   adj

   Situated at the highest part or point.

Etymology

From Middle English suppreme, partly from Middle French suppreme, supreme and partly from its etymon, Latin suprēmus, superlative of superus (“that is above”). In the cooking sense, partly an independent borrowing of French suprême, partly merged with the existing English word. Doublet of supremo.