Definition of Nighest

1. Adverb. (superlative of 'near' or 'close') within the shortest distance. "That was the time he came nearest to death"

Exact synonyms: Closest, Nearest
Language type: Superlative

Definition of Nighest

1. Adjective. (archaic) (superlative of nigh) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nighest

1. nigh [adj] - See also: nigh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nighest

nigglers
niggles
nigglier
niggliest
niggliite
niggling
nigglingly
nigglings
niggly
nigh
nigh(a)
nighed
nighen
nigher
nighest (current term)
nighing
nighly
nighness
nighnesses
nighs
nighsome
night-bat
night-bats
night-blind
night-blooming
night-blooming cereus

Literary usage of Nighest

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt by Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt (1897)
"When need is highest, God is nighest." Do not be anxious about my indisposition; it will soon be over, and my legs have to carry me a good way further still ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"6027, Mandeville's Travels, p. 61, &c. ; see Stratmann. NEXT, nighest, nearest. (E.) Next is a doublet of nighest, of which it is an older spelling ..."

3. An Analytical Dictionary of the English Language, in which the Words are by David Booth (1836)
"NIGH, NIGHER, nighest, NEAR, NEARER, NEAREST. are words that express vicinity, and the gradual approach to contiguity with respect to other things, ..."

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