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alderlievest

alderlievest is the alternative form of alderliefest.

Meaning of alderliefest

Adjective

alderliefest (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) Often used as an epithet when addressing someone: most beloved.
    • VVith you mine Alder liefeſt Soueraigne, / Makes me the bolder to ſalute my King, / VVith ruder termes, ſuch as my vvit affoords, / And ouer ioy of heart doth miniſter.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about alderlievest

What is alderlievest the alternative form of?
Alderlievest is the alternative form of alderliefest.

Words near alderlievest in the dictionary

  1. Aldergrove
  2. alderleast
  3. Alderley
  4. Alderley Edge
  5. alderliefest
  6. alderlievest
  7. alderlike
  8. alderman
  9. alderman hung in chains
  10. alderman in chains
  11. alderman lizard

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