leftest

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Etymology

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left +‎ -est

Adjective

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leftest

  1. superlative form of left: most left
    • 1966, Discourse; a review of the liberal arts, volume 9, page 219:
      A writer may, in only one work, take a strong position on socialized medicine, and he is immediately stacked on the shelf with the leftest writers.

Verb

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leftest

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past indicative of leave
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. [], 2nd edition, London: [] Francis Ashe [], →OCLC:
      , "Prayers for Several Occasions"
      For when man sinned, and listened to the whispers of a tempting spirit, and refused to hear the voice of God, thou didst throw him out from paradise, and sentest him to till the earth; but yet leftest not his condition without remedy []

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