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alderbest

alderbest adjective: best of all.

Adjective

alderbest (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) 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.Late 15th c. A Gest of Robyn Hode
    • That Lombard's nose mean I, / That standeth yet awry; / It was not healed alderbest, / It standeth somewhat on the west;1522, John Skelton, Why Come Ye Nat to Courte?

Origin of alderbest

From alder- + best.

Questions about alderbest

What does alderbest mean?
Alderbest means best of all.
What part of speech is alderbest?
Alderbest is an adjective.

Words near alderbest in the dictionary

  1. Alder's razor
  2. alder-
  3. alder-liefest
  4. Alder.
  5. Alderamin
  6. alderbest
  7. Alderbury
  8. aldercap
  9. aldercaps
  10. Aldercar
  11. Aldercar and Langley Mill

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