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squattest

squattest is the superlative form of squat.

Meaning of squat

Adjective

squat (comparative squatter, superlative squattest)

  1. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
    • The SQUILL-INSECT. […] So called from ſome ſimilitude to the Squill-fiſh: chiefly, in having a long Body cover'd with a Cruſt compoſed of ſeveral Rings or Plates. The Head is broad and ſquat. He hath a pair of notable ſharp Fangs before, both hooked inward like a Bulls horns.1681, Nehemiah Grew, “Of Creeping Insects [part I, section VII, chapter III]”, in Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal...
  2. Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
    • [H]im there they found, / Squat like a toad, cloſe at the ear of Eve, / Aſſaying by his deviliſh art to reach / The organs of her fancy', and with them forge / Illuſions as he liſt, phantaſms and dreams, […]1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Origin of squattest

squat + -est

Questions about squattest

What is squattest the superlative form of?
Squattest is the superlative form of squat.

Words near squattest in the dictionary

  1. squatter's rights
  2. squatterdom
  3. squattering
  4. squatterism
  5. squatters
  6. squattest
  7. squattier
  8. squattiest
  9. squattin'
  10. squattiness
  11. squatting

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