单词 | mid the most |
释义 | > as lemmasmid the most d. mid the best (also mid the most): among the best (or greatest). ΚΠ c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) 9801 Alle dæi þer ilæste fæht mid þan mæste. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 2547 Menbriz..wes swike mid þan meste. c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) 997 Aþulf..God kniȝt mid þe beste. with (also mid) the most ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > in or to the greatest degree never solOE with (also mid) the mostc1275 for the masteryc1325 to the bestc1390 to the uttermostc1400 at the hardest1429 to the utmostc1450 to the skies (also sky)1559 at float1594 all to nothing1606 to the height1609 to the proofa1625 to the last degree1639 to the welkin?1746 (the) worst kind1839 for all it's worth1864 as —— as they make them?a1880 in the highest1897 to the nth (degree, power)1897 up to eleven1987 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) 2547 He wes swike mid þan meste. c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) 274 (MED) Sorwe he makeþ wiþ þe mest Of Felice þat feir may. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) 5457 (MED) Porus þe kyng had wille wiþ þe mest To wite of Alisaunders estre. a1500 Sir Degrevant (Cambr.) (1949) 1419 (MED) Þer ware metus with þe maste. a1598 W. Cecil Certaine Preceptes (1617) iii. 11 Feede them [sc. servants] well, and paye them with the most. 1629 J. Gaule Panegyrick 10 in Practique Theories Christs Predict. Our gratefull acknowledgement of his Goodnesse, when it is with the most; is but a slender requitall for his Benefits. < as lemmas |
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