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quarest

quarest is the superlative form of quare.

Meaning of quare

Adjective

quare (comparative quarer, superlative quarest)

  1. (Appalachia, Ireland, dated, Ottawa Valley) Queer, strange.
    • I was after finishing my dinner when there was quare knock on the door.
  2. (Ireland) A lot of, very, great.
    • He'd brought a quare amount of money with him.

Questions about quarest

What is quarest the superlative form of?
Quarest is the superlative form of quare.

Words near quarest in the dictionary

  1. quarentene
  2. quarentenes
  3. quarentine
  4. quarer
  5. quaresimal
  6. quarest
  7. quarfloxin
  8. quarg
  9. quargs
  10. quariar
  11. quarion

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