Meanings
- superlativesuperlative form of praiseworthy: most praiseworthy
"That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd. "Well, sir, which?" "Why, the young man that saved the others." "Ah. I think the man that couldn't swim was the praiseworthiest."
1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XVII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 171
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