different between mostest vs lostest

English

Etymology

most +? -est

Adjective

mostest

1. (nonstandard, humorous) most.
   • 1917: anon., New York Times, attributed incorrectly to Nathan Bedford Forrest (the correct quote is "to git thar fust with the most men")

     git thar fustest with the mostest

   • 2006: Nicholas Sarno, God Bless the Squirrel Cage

     Indeed there are mansions along Beechwood Avenue, including the former home of Pearl Mesta, "the hostess with the mostest."

Anagrams

• smotest, tomsets

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mustest

Verb

mostest

1. second-person singular past indicative of moten (“to have to”)

English

Etymology

lost +? -est

Adjective

lostest

1. (nonstandard) superlative form of lost: most lost

   • The strongest sheep can be the "lostest" because of its power to go farthest into the wilderness.

   • No man can safely be left alone, and the lostest man in all creation is he who says "No one cares for my soul."

   • And when you add to that the peculiar weather patterns, the temporal shifts, and mermaids who had a tendency to chew up any cables strung underwater, the result was the lostest of lost causes.

Verb

lostest

1. (archaic) second-person singular simple past form of lose

Anagrams

• Stoltes, stolest

German

Pronunciation

Verb

lostest

1. inflection of losen:
   1. second-person singular preterite
   2. second-person singular subjunctive II