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   par·a·mount

   /ˈperəˌmount/

   adjective

   • 1. more important than anything else; supreme: "the interests of the child are of paramount importance"
   • ▪ having supreme power: "a paramount chief"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘highest in jurisdiction’ in the phrases lord paramount and paramount chief): from Anglo-Norman French paramont, from Old French par ‘by’ + amont ‘above’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. paramountly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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