alder-liefest

English

Etymology

For allerliefest (“dearest of all”). See lief.

Adjective

alder-liefest (not comparable)

(obsolete) Most beloved.
- c. 1591, Shakespeare, William, Henry VI, Part 2, act 1, scene 1, lines 28–29:
  With you, mine alder-liefest sovereign, / Makes me the bolder to salute my king

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