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-most

/ˌməʊst/

-most suffix: furthest; -est; used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones.

Suffix

-most

  1. Furthest; -est; used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones.
    • eastern + -most → easternmost
    • nether + -most → nethermost

Origin of -most

From Middle English -most(e), from earlier -mest, from Old English -(e)mest, from Proto-Germanic *-umistaz, from the comparative suffix *-umô (from Proto-Indo-European *-mHo-) + the regular superlative suffix *-istaz (whence English -est). The Middle English form is due to conflation with the originally unrelated superlative most. See foremost for more.

Words formed from -most

Questions about -most

What does -most mean?
-most means furthest; -est; used to form superlatives of certain adjectives, especially directional and inherently-comparative ones.
What part of speech is -most?
-most is a suffix.
How do you pronounce -most?
-most is pronounced /ˌməʊst/.

Words near -most in the dictionary

  1. -morph
  2. -morphic
  3. -morphism
  4. -morphous
  5. -morphy
  6. -most
  7. -motherfucking-
  8. -motide
  9. -motor
  10. -mu-
  11. -mul-

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