undermost

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   occupying the lowest position relative to other things

   The undermost layer of the packing absorbed most of the moisture.

2. 2
   adv

   in or into the lowest position

   After the struggle, he landed undermost beneath the other two men.

Formed from under + -most. The suffix -most continues Middle English -mest, a superlative-forming element later reshaped under the influence of most. Undermost has been recorded in English since the sixteenth century.

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