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the most
d. the most: to the greatest degree or extent, most of all. Cf. sense C. 1.
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1595 W. S. Lamentable Trag. Locrine iii. i. 160 He loves not most that doth lament the most.
1668 S. Pepys Diary 1 Mar. (1976) IX. 99 A Starling which..doth whistle and talk the most and best that ever I heard anything in my life.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. sig. 35b That is..best which being rubb'd with the Hand creeks the most.
1782 W. Cowper Table Talk in Poems 88 The lie that flatters I abhor the most.
1817 J. Bradbury Trav. Amer. 16 The cotton wood, elm, mulberry, and nettle trees suffered the most.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 525 I did the worst to him I loved the most.
1919 C. H. Darling Jargon Bk. 25 Pet peeve, the thing that provokes you the most.
1964 A. Staples Paddo 105 Our members are the best, our beach has the best surf, our blokes stick together the most.
1996 Sun (Baltimore) 22 Nov. a28/1 China is the nation that baffles him the most.
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the most
c. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). the most (in predicative use): the best or finest example, ‘the best’; something that is extremely good. Cf. greatest n., mostest adj. 2.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [adjective]
highestOE
bestOE
firstlOE
greatest?c1225
of the besta1350
premiera1500
paramount1530
supremec1550
supreme1571
primer1589
top1647
nulli secundus1742
bestest1751
first class1819
beatemest1831
par excellence1839
première1844
first rate1853
beatenest1860
blue ribbon1860
optimum1885
optimal1890
class A1906
all-star1908
grade A1911
five-star1931
mostest1936
tip-topmost1937
the end1950
the most1953
1953 Time 17 Aug. 3/1 It's the most!
1954 New Yorker 18 Sept. 30/1 I'm feeling the most today.
1963 J. O. Killens And then we heard Thunder 15 Sam's Army is just about the most.
1969 H. Waugh Young Prey (1970) 6 ‘So—you like the ride ?’.. ‘No kidding, it was the most!’
1976 L. Rosten 3:10 to Anywhere 27 You're the most, doll-face.
1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 47 This vinyl tote's ‘the most’ for holding all your necessities and then some.
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