Meanings
adjectivealderbest (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableBest of all.
That Lombard's nose mean I, / That standeth yet awry; / It was not healed alderbest, / It standeth somewhat on the west;
1522, John Skelton, Why Come Ye Nat to Courte?1 more example
That all the best archers of the north / Sholde come upon a day, / And he that shoteth alderbest / The game shall bere away.
Late 15th c. A Gest of Robyn Hode
Origin
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