paramount

paramount
paramountcy, n.paramountly, adv.
/par"euh mownt'/, adj.
1. chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
2. above others in rank or authority; superior in power or jurisdiction.
n.
3. a supreme ruler; overlord.
[1525-35; < AF paramont above, equiv. to par PER- + a mont < L ad montem to the mountain, hence, in OF: upward, above; see AD-, MOUNT2]
Syn. 1. See dominant.
Ant. 1. unimportant.

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