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Definition of Deftest
1. deft [adj] - See also: deft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deftest
Literary usage of Deftest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"The following is a purposed corruption of the word deftest: Lingua, O. PI., v, 175.
He said I were a deft bus. Brome's Northern Lou. ..."
2. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare, William Aldis Wright (1894)
"Perhaps a blunder for 'deftest,' which Theobald substituted. 46. by mass. See iii.
3. 90. Halliwell says this form of oath was going out of fashion rmd was ..."
3. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare (1905)
"Perhaps a blunder for 'deftest,' which Theobald substituted. 46. by mass. See iii.
3. 90. Halliwell says this form of oath was going out of fashion and was ..."
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