noun
- Plural of est; a suffix or ending added to words, especially in forming superlatives or archaic second-person singular verb forms.
Usage: Primarily used in linguistic or grammatical contexts; Archaic in modern English; common in older texts and poetry
Examples
- In Old English, '-est' was a common verb ending, as in 'thou goest' or 'thou lovest'.
- The superlative forms of adjectives often end in '-est', such as 'fastest' or 'brightest'.
- Linguists study how ests function in the morphology of Germanic languages.
- Shakespeare's plays contain many examples of verbs with ests endings.