Definition of Barrenest

1. Adjective. (superlative of barren) ¹

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Definition of Barrenest

1. barren [adj] - See also: barren

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrenest

barrelfuls
barrelhead
barrelheads
barrelhouse
barrelhouses
barreling
barrelled
barrellike
barrelling
barrels
barrelsful
barren
barren ground caribou
barren of(p)
barrener
barrenest
barrenly
barrenness
barrennesses
barrens
barrenwort
barrenworts
barrerite
barres
barret
barreter
barreters
barretor
barretors
barretries

Literary usage of Barrenest

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

1. Afoot and Alone: A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures by Stephen Powers (1872)
""Wherever tho desert is barrenest, and on the mountains, they grow. They sentinel their very ... In the barrenest wastes of life, if we would only go ..."

2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"It fits a man to deal with the barrenest and rockiest experience. A little moisture, a fog, ... What is the barrenest waste to him, the barest rocks ? ..."

3. Essays on Educational Reformers by Robert Hebert Quick (1890)
"From the primary school to the college productive creative doing is almost wholly excluded. Knowledge in its barrenest form is communicated, and tested in ..."

4. Essays on Educational Reformers by Robert Hebert Quick (1890)
"From the primary school to the college productive creative doing is almost wholly excluded. Knowledge in its barrenest form is communicated, and tested in ..."

5. The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James (1902)
"Even late in life some thaw, some release may take place, some bolt be shot back in the barrenest breast, and the man's hard heart may soften and break into ..."

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