alderliefest

形容词 adj.
英 /ˌɔːldəˈliːfɪst/|/ˈɒldəliːfɪst/    美 /ˈɔldəɹˌlifɪst/|/ˈɑl-/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Often used as an epithet when addressing someone: most beloved. archaic,not-comparable,obsolete
    — VVith you mine Alder liefeſt Soueraigne, / Makes me the bolder to ſalute my King, / VVith ruder termes, ſuch as my vvit affoords, / And ouer ioy of heart doth miniſter.

词形变化

alder-liefest alternative alderlievest alternative

词源

From Middle English alderlevest (“dearest of all”), from alder- (“of all, very”, prefix forming the superlative of adjectives or adverbs) (the genitive plural of al (“all, entirely, utterly, very”)) + lefest, levest (“dearest, most beloved”) (from lef, leve (“beloved or dear to someone”) (from Old English lēof (“beloved, dear”, adjective), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to admire, praise; to covet, desire; to love”)) + -est (suffix forming the superlative of adjectives and adverbs)). The English word is analysable as alder- ((archaic) prefix meaning ‘having the greatest degree of something, of all’) + lief (“(archaic) beloved, dear”, adjective) + -est (suffix forming the superlative of adjectives and adverbs).
Cognates
* Dutch allerliefst
* German allerliebst
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