gonest
gonest is the superlative form of gone.
Meaning of gone
Adjective
gone (comparative further gone or farther gone or goner, superlative furthest gone or farthest gone or gonest)
- Away, having left.
- Are they gone already?
- No longer existing, having passed.
- The days of my youth are gone.
- Used up.
- I'm afraid all the coffee is gone.
- Broken, failed.
- The bulb is gone. Can you put a new one in?
- Dead.
- Dust, that a breath could blow aside, yet that was once, like ourselves, animate with hope, passion, and sorrow, is below; around are the vain memorials of human grief and human pride; yet all alike dedicated to the gone.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Marriage”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 221
- Doomed, done for.
- Have you seen the company's revenue? It's through the floor. They're gone.
Questions about gonest
- What is gonest the superlative form of?
- Gonest is the superlative form of gone.
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