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-est

376 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) -est (adjective suffix or adverb suffix)
  2. 2) -est (verb suffix)
  3. est (abbreviation)
  4. EST (abbreviation)
  5. est modus in rebus (foreign term)
  6. esse est percipi
  7. expressio unius est exclusio alterius
  8. non est factum (noun)
  9. non est inventus (noun)
  10. alea jacta est (foreign term)
  11. ars est celare artem (foreign term)
  12. credo quia absurdum est (foreign term)
  13. de gustibus non est disputandum (foreign term)
  14. delenda est Carthago (foreign term)
  15. dulce et decorum est pro patria mori (foreign term)
  16. errare humanum est (foreign term)
  17. fas est et ab hoste doceri (foreign term)
  18. hoc opus, hic labor est (foreign term)
  19. humanum est errare (foreign term)
  20. id est (foreign term)
  21. ira furor brevis est (foreign term)
  22. jacta alea est (foreign term)
  23. Joannes est nomen eius (foreign term)
  24. laborare est orare (foreign term)
  25. le roi est mort, vive le roi (foreign term)
  26. magna est veritas et praevalebit (foreign term)
  27. tout est perdu fors l'honneur (foreign term)
  28. verbum sat sapienti est (foreign term)
  29. anigh (adverb)
  30. bairnly (adjective)

1-est

adj suffix or adv suffix

Definition of -EST

—used to form the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs of one syllable <fattest> <latest>, of some adjectives and adverbs of two syllables <luckiest> <oftenest>, and less often of longer ones <beggarliest>

Origin of -EST

Middle English, from Old English -st, -est, -ost; akin to Old High German -isto (adjective superl. suffix), Greek -istos

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