Definition of Orneriest

1. Adjective. (superlative of ornery) ¹

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Definition of Orneriest

1. ornery [adj] - See also: ornery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orneriest

ornate tinamou
ornate tinamous
ornate wolf
ornate wolves
ornated
ornately
ornateness
ornatenesses
ornater
ornatest
ornating
ornature
orned
ornee
ornerier
orneriest
orneriness
ornerinesses
ornery
ornidazole
orning
ornipressin
ornis
ornises
ornith-
ornithes
ornithic
ornithichnite
ornithichnites
ornithichnology

Literary usage of Orneriest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roughing it by Mark Twain (1913)
"Well, I reckon he was p'raps the orneriest-lookin' beast you ever see. One ear was sot back on his neck, 'n' his tail, was stove up, 'n' his eye-winkers was ..."

2. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1906)
"Well, I reckon he was p'raps the orneriest lookin' beast you ever see. One ear was sot back on his neck, 'n' his tail was stove up, 'n' his eye-winkers was ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1910)
"Why, fin'ly she knowed the name o' the orneriest buck in the regiment as well as she did the colonel's, and treated the both o' them alike, too: played no ..."

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