alderleast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From alder- +‎ least.

Adjective[edit]

alderleast (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Least of all.
    • 1525, Giraldus Cambrensis, The English conquest of Ireland, 1166–85 (translated):
      The yonge prynce at the begynnynge hadde wyth hym thre manere of meygne, Normannes, Englysshe, & þe Englysshe that he found yn the lond. In wyrshype, gret frenshype, & loue, he hold the fyrst & the worst; In lasse, the mydmest & the better; In allerleste, the latest & þe beste.
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