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forkiest

forkiest is the superlative form of forky.

Meaning of forky

Adjective

forky (comparative forkier or more forky, superlative forkiest or most forky)

  1. Synonym of forked.
    • […] for hungry birds have devoured ſeeds, and having moiſtened and warmed them in their bellies, a little after have dunged in the forky twiſtes of Trees, and together with their dung excluded the ſeed whole which erſt they had ſwallowed: and ſometimes it brings forth there where they dung it, […]1669, John Baptiſta Porta, chapter V, in Natural Magick, The Third Book Of Natural Magick: […] , page 68
    Synonyms:
    forked

Questions about forkiest

What is forkiest the superlative form of?
Forkiest is the superlative form of forky.

Words near forkiest in the dictionary

  1. forkful
  2. forkfuls
  3. forkhead
  4. forkheads
  5. forkier
  6. forkiest
  7. forkiness
  8. forking
  9. forking off
  10. forking out
  11. forking over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forkiest (page history and authors); forky (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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