civillest
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]civillest
- superlative form of civil: most civil
- 1650 June 13–20, Marchamont Nedham, editor, Mercurius Politicus. […], number 2, London: Printed for Robert White, →OCLC, page 30:
- This is the true Monsieur [Gaston, Duke of Orléans], who ever stands stradling, and when he converses even with the civillest Ladies, faces them in the same posture, ordering and tossing his Pike, with his hands in his Cod-piece.