Other forms: superlatives
A superlative is the form of an adjective meaning the most of all. The superlative of good, use the superlative, superlatives everywhere.
Short adjectives take -est and longer ones take most, and the exceptions are the ones every learner memorises. In ordinary use, superlatives means extravagant praise, and a review full of them says little.
1nounsuperlativeThe form of an adjective meaning the most of all.
“Best is the superlative of good, and worst is the superlative of bad.”
superlative is a form.
Latin superlativus comes from superlatus, carried beyond, from super plus ferre, to carry.
Latin
superlātīvus
Old French
superlatif
Middle English
superlatyf
English, today
superlative
Built from
From Middle English superlatyf, from Old French superlatif, from Latin superlātīvus, from Latin superlātus (“carried above, over; extravagant, of hyperbole”), past participle of superfero (“carry over”), from super (“above”) + fero (“bear, carry”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA