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alderleast

alderleast adjective: least of all.

Adjective

alderleast (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Least of all.
    • The yonge prynce at the begynnynge hadde wyth hym thre manere of meygne, Normannes, Englysshe, & þe Englysshe that he found yn the lond. In wyrshype, gret frenshype, & loue, he hold the fyrst & the worst; In lasse, the mydmest & the better; In allerleste, the latest & þe beste.1525, Giraldus Cambrensis, The English conquest of Ireland, 1166–85 (translated)

Origin of alderleast

From alder- + least.

Questions about alderleast

What does alderleast mean?
Alderleast means least of all.
What part of speech is alderleast?
Alderleast is an adjective.

Words near alderleast in the dictionary

  1. Alderfer
  2. Alderfers
  3. alderflies
  4. alderfly
  5. Aldergrove
  6. alderleast
  7. Alderley
  8. Alderley Edge
  9. alderliefest
  10. alderlievest
  11. alderlike

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