preciousest
English
Adjective
preciousest
- (now rare) superlative form of precious: most precious
- 1849, William Tyndale, Henry Walter, Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the Holy Scriptures
- The preciousest gift that a man hath of God in this world is the true heart of his wife, to abide by him in wealth and woe, and to bear all fortunes with him.
- 1866, Ida Russell Wright, Household stuff and some other things (page 111)
- So the big-hearted Burns, from the vulgarest sod,
Grew the preciousest flower in the garden of God […]
- So the big-hearted Burns, from the vulgarest sod,
- 1849, William Tyndale, Henry Walter, Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the Holy Scriptures