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arrantest

arrantest is the superlative form of arrant.

Meaning of arrant

Adjective

arrant (comparative more arrant or arranter, superlative most arrant or arrantest)

  1. (dated) Complete; downright; utter.
    • an arrant knave arrant nonsense
  2. (broadly, dated) Very bad; despicable.
    • [W]ho ſo forward to accuſe, to debaſe, to revile, to crow-treade an other as the arranteſt fellow in a country?1593, Gabriell Haruey [i.e., Gabriel Harvey], Pierces Supererogation: Or A New Prayse of the Old Asse. A Preparative to Certaine Larger Discourses, Intituled Nashes S. Fame, London: […] Iohn Wolfe...

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Questions about arrantest

What is arrantest the superlative form of?
Arrantest is the superlative form of arrant.

Words near arrantest in the dictionary

  1. arrangment
  2. arrangments
  3. arrans
  4. arrant
  5. arranter
  6. arrantest
  7. arrantly
  8. Arrants
  9. Arrantses
  10. Arrarnta
  11. arras

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