beatest

English

Etymology

beat +‎ -est

Verb

beatest

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of beat
  2. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of beat

Adjective

beatest

  1. (nonstandard) superlative form of beat: most beat
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, OCLC 43419454:
      The beatest characters in the country swarmed on the sidewalks—all of it under those soft Southern California stars that are lost in the brown halo of the huge desert encampment LA really is.
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