maist
English
Adjective
maist (not comparable)
- (Geordie) most
Adverb
maist (not comparable)
- (Geordie) most
Verb
maist
- Obsolete form of mayst.
Anagrams
- amits, tamis
Gothic
Romanization
maist
- Romanization of 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐍃𐍄
Scots
Etymology
From Old English mǣst (“most”). More at most.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mest], [mɛst]
Adjective
maist (not comparable)
- most, chief, principal, most powerful
Derived terms
- maistlins (“almost, well nigh; for the most part, mostly”)
- maistly (“mostly, almost, nearly; most of all, especially”)
- tae the maist pairt (“for the most part”)