What is "absolute superlative"

Superlative \Su`per*la"tive\, n.

1. That which is highest or most eminent; the utmost degree.

2. (Gram.) (a) The superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, a form or word by which the superlative degree is expressed; as, strongest, wisest, most stormy, least windy, are all superlatives.

   Absolute superlative, a superlative in an absolute rather than in a comparative or exclusive sense. See Elative.

n. 1 In Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan; the form of an adjective formed by adding the suffixes ''-issimo'', ''-isimo'', ''-íssimo'', ''-érrimo'', ''-imo'', or ''-íssim'' to the adjective (with any final vowel dropped) to express a superlative that cannot be exceeded, having the sense “as ... as possible”. 2 In Greek: one of the degrees of comparison in an adjective which stresses an exceptional property without making a direct comparison, its closest equivalent in English being ''a most important letter'', ''a very high mountain'' or ''absolutely pure water''. It is formed by adding the suffix -τατος (declined) to the adjective’s nominative, neuter singular.