beatemestadj.
U.S. dialect.
Most excellent or splendid.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being the best > [adjective]
highestOE
bestOE
firstlOE
greatest?c1225
of the besta1350
premiera1500
paramount1530
supremec1550
supreme1571
primer1589
top1647
nulli secundus1742
bestest1751
first class1819
beatemest1831
par excellence1839
première1844
first rate1853
beatenest1860
blue ribbon1860
optimum1885
optimal1890
class A1906
all-star1908
grade A1911
five-star1931
mostest1936
tip-topmost1937
the end1950
the most1953
1831 Boston Evening Transcript 9 Aug. 2/3 Beatemest feller with a gun ever you seed.
1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. 62 Old rugged-an'-tough they used to call his dad, famous wrastler he was too,..beatemest fellow ever you see for some things.
1838 B. Drake Tales & Sketches 30 Your the beatomest shakes I ever seed.
1851 S. Judd Margaret (rev. ed.) iii. 245 Take it by and large fifty head a season, and she is the beatomest.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adj.1831