Meanings
adjectivealderleast (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteLeast of all.
The yonge prynce at the begynnynge hadde wyth hym thre manere of meygne, Normannes, Englysshe, & þe Englysshe that he found yn the lond. In wyrshype, gret frenshype, & loue, he hold the fyrst & the worst; In lasse, the mydmest & the better; In allerleste, the latest & þe beste.
1525, Giraldus Cambrensis, The English conquest of Ireland, 1166–85 (translated)
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