sparest
sparest is the superlative form of spare.
sparest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of spare.
Meaning of spare
Adjective
spare (comparative sparer, superlative sparest)
- Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
- I have no spare time.
- Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency.
- a spare anchor; a spare wheel or tyre
- Not occupied or in current use.
- We could rent out the spare room.
- Scant; not abundant or plentiful.
- a spare diet
- Austere, stripped down, without what is extraneous.
- I’m naked to the bone,
With nakedness my shield.
Myself is what I wear:
I keep the spirit spare.1941, Theodore Roethke, “Open House”, in Open House, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC; republished in The Collected Poems of Theodore Roethke, London: Faber and Faber […], 1968, →OCLC...
- I’m naked to the bone,
- Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; not spending much money.
- He was spare, […]but discreet of speech.1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC
Origin of sparest
From spare + -est.
Questions about sparest
- What is sparest the superlative form of?
- Sparest is the superlative form of spare.
Words near sparest in the dictionary
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