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choicest

/ˈt͡ʃɔɪsəst/

choicest is the superlative form of choice.

Meaning of choice

Adjective

choice (comparative choicer or more choice, superlative choicest or most choice)

  1. Especially good or preferred.
    • It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
  2. (obsolete) Careful in choosing; discriminating.
    • that such iron moulds as these shall have autority to knaw out the choicest periods of exquisitest books, and to commit such a treacherous fraud against the orphan remainders of worthiest men after death, the more sorrow will belong to that haples race of men, whose misfortune it is to have...1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC

See all 11 meanings of choice

Forms of choicest

alternative form (obsolete)choycest

Questions about choicest

What is choicest the superlative form of?
Choicest is the superlative form of choice.
How do you pronounce choicest?
Choicest is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɔɪsəst/.

Words near choicest in the dictionary

  1. choicely
  2. choiceness
  3. choicenesses
  4. choicer
  5. choices
  6. choicest
  7. choiceworthier
  8. choiceworthiest
  9. choiceworthiness
  10. choiceworthy
  11. choicier

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