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yeastiest

yeastiest is the superlative form of yeasty.

Meaning of yeasty

Adjective

yeasty (comparative yeastier, superlative yeastiest)

  1. Having or resembling yeast.
  2. Foamy and frothy.
    • The Ocean when its yeasty war is waging / Is awful to the vessel near the rock [...].1821 August 8, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, Cantos III, IV, and V, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto III, stanza 58
  3. Emotionally bubbling over (as with exuberance)
  4. Trivial.
    • Thus has he, and many more of the same breed that I
      know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the
      time and, out of an habit of encounter, a kind of
      yeasty collection, which carries them through and
      through the most profane and winnowed opinionsc. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about yeastiest

What is yeastiest the superlative form of?
Yeastiest is the superlative form of yeasty.

Words near yeastiest in the dictionary

  1. yeastful
  2. yeasticidal
  3. yeastie beastie
  4. yeastie beasties
  5. yeastier
  6. yeastiest
  7. yeastily
  8. yeastiness
  9. yeasting
  10. yeastless
  11. yeastlike

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