different between burnet vs burnest

English

Etymology

From Middle English burnet, from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”). Doublet of brunette.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??n?t/, /?b??n?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?n?t/, /?b?n?t/

Noun

burnet (usually uncountable, plural burnets)

1. Any of the herbs of genus Sanguisorba (syn. Poterium), including salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor), an herb used in salads and herbal teas.
2. Any of several species of moths of the family Zygaenidae, typically having black forewings with red spots.

Derived terms

• burnet bloodwort (Sanguisorba minor)
• burnet companion moth
• burnet moth
• burnet rose (Rosa spinosossima)
• burnet saxifrage (Pimpinella saxifraga)
• Canadian burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis)
• great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)
• lesser burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
• salad burnet (Sanguisorba minor)
• six-spot burnet
• thorny burnet (Sanguisorba spinosum)
• transparent burnet
• wild burnet (Sanguisorba canadensis)

Translations

References

• burnet at OneLook Dictionary Search
• burnet in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Sanguisorba on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sanguisorba on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Sanguisorba on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Brunet, Butner, beturn, brunet, bunter

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bornet, brunet, burnett, burnete, bornete

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French brunet, brunete (“brunette”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?burn?t/, /bur?n??t/

Noun

burnet (uncountable)

1. Brown woolen fabric.
2. Burnet (Sanguisorba spp.) or a similar plant.

Descendants

• English: burnet
• Scots: burnet

References

• “burn??t, n.(1) & adj..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “burn??t, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Adjective

burnet

1. brown (used of linen)

References

• “burn??t, n.(1) & adj..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “burn??t, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

English

Etymology

burn +? -est

Verb

burnest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of burn

Anagrams

• Brunets, Butners, brunets, bunters, burnets, bursten, subrent