-est 1
suff.（后缀）

1. Used to form the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs:
   最：用在形容词和副词后面，表示“最”：
   greatest; earliest.
   最伟大的；最早的

语源

1. Middle English
   中古英语
2. from Old English -est, -ast, -ost
   源自 古英语 -est, -ast, -ost

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-est 2或 -st
suff.（后缀）

1. Used to form the archaic second person singular of English verbs:
   第二人称：用来构成旧语英语动词的第二人称单数：
   comest.
   来

语源

1. Middle English
   中古英语
2. from Old English -est, -ast
   源自 古英语 -est, -ast

-est

I

adjective suffix or adverb suffix— used to form the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs of one syllable
    fattest
    latest
of some adjectives and adverbs of two syllables
    luckiest
    oftenest
and less often of longer ones
    beggarliest

II

verb suffix
or -st— used to form the archaic second person singular of English verbs (with thou)
    didst
    canst

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☞ -est, -iest

☞ est

-est
I. \ə̇st\ adjective suffix or adverb suffix
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -st, -est, -ost; akin to superlative suffixes Old High German -isto, -ōsto (in adjectives), -ist, -ōst (in adverbs), Old Norse -str, -astr (in adjectives), -st, -ast (in adverbs), Gothic -ists, -osts (in adjectives), -ist (in adverbs), Greek -istos (in adjectives), Sanskrit -iṣṭha (in adjectives); probably from the suffix represented by English -er (I) + the suffix represented by English -ed (I)
— used to form the superlative degree of adjectives and adverbs of one syllable
 < fattest >
 < latest >
 < newest >
of certain adjectives and adverbs of two syllables
 < luckiest >
 < oftenest >
 < remotest >
 < simplest >
and less often of longer ones
 < beggarliest >
— often attached to words (as participles in adjectival use) that rarely if ever show a corresponding comparative formation in -er
 < cussedest >
 < fightingest >
 < lyingest >
— regularly accompanied by coalescence with final e of the base word, change of final postconsonantal y of the base word to i, or doubling of the final consonant of the base word immediately after a short stressed vowel; compare most II
II. \ə̇st\ suffix
or -st \st, after a vȯiced consonant zt or st\
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English -est, -ast, -st, 2d singular present endings of various classes of verbs (from earlier -es, -as, -s + -t, assimilated form of the 2d person pron. thū thou) & -est (from earlier -es + -t), 2d singular past ending of weak verbs; akin to Old High German -ist, -ōst, -ēst (from earlier -is, -ōs, -ēs + -t, from thū, thu thou), 2d singular present endings, -ōst (from earlier -ōs + -t), 2d singular past ending of weak verbs, Gothic -is, -os, -ais, 2d singular present endings, -es, 2d singular past ending of weak verbs, Old Norse -r, -ar, -ir, 2d singular present endings, -ir, 2d singular past ending of weak verbs, Latin & Greek -s (preceded by various thematic vowels), 2d singular present ending, Sanskrit -si
— used to form the archaic second person singular indicative of English verbs (with thou)
 < gettest >
 < didst >
 < carriest >
 < failedst >
 < canst >