subs. (old and colloquial).—The extreme; the utmost: also (modern) QUITE TOO UTTERLY UTTER = very; THE BLOOMING UTTER = the utmost. As adj. = excellent, A1: a supreme intensive.
d. 1697. AUBREY, Lives, ‘Walter Raleigh.’ I take my leave readie to countervaile all your courtesies to THE UTTER of my power.
1887. W. E. HENLEY, Culture in the Slums, iii.
| I likes a merry little flutter, | |
| I keeps a Dado on the sly, | |
| In fact my form’s THE BLOOMING UTTER. |
