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alderbest

adj

Etymology

From alder- + best.

  1. inherited from *batistaz✻
  2. inherited from betst
  3. inherited from best
  4. formed as alderbest — “alder- + best”

Definitions

  1. Best of all.

    • That all the best archers of the north / Sholde come upon a day, / And he that shoteth alderbest / The game shall bere away.
    • That Lombard's nose mean I, / That standeth yet awry; / It was not healed alderbest, / It standeth somewhat on the west;

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