Definition of Lengest

1. longest [adj] - See also: longest

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lengest

lending an ear
lending hand
lending hands
lending institution
lending library
lendings
lends
lends a hand
lends an ear
lene
lenes
leng
lenged
lengenbachite
lenger
lengest (current term)
lenging
lengs
length
length-breadth index
length-height index
length of service
length of stay
length overall
length scale
lengthed
lengthen
lengthened
lengthener
lengtheners

Literary usage of Lengest

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

1. The Comparison of Adjectives in English in the XV and the XVI Century by Louise Pound (1901)
"... strongest, longer, longest, and older, oldest, the latter being new forms built upon the positives. In OE. the forms were long, lengra, lengest, strong, ..."

2. The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy by Raoul Lefèvre (1894)
"... longed, 5083, Longe, adj. long, ail„; 4i8„; longer, 58.; lenger, 24.; 165.; 392 u ; 636 l, ; lengest, 643 „ Lorde and maist re, 14 , ; 401 a ; lorde and ..."

3. The Charters of the Duchy of Lancaster by Lancaster, Eng. (Duchy), Lancaster (England : Duchy)., William Hardy, Great Britain (1845)
"ard Fowler, and William Huse, and the lengest ... Thomas Mongomery, knyght, maister John Gunthorp, clerk, Richard Fowler, and William Huse, or the lengest ..."

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