SUPERLATIVE

I. adjective see: tolerate Date: 14th century of, relating to, or constituting the degree of grammatical comparison that denotes an extreme or unsurpassed level or extent, 2. surpassing all others ; supreme , of very high quality ; excellent , excessive , exaggerated, ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. noun Date: 15th century 1. the ~ degree of comparison in a language, a ~ form of an adjective or adverb, the ~ or utmost degree of something ; acme , a ~ person or thing, an admiring sometimes exaggerated expression especially of praise