gonest
English edit
Adjective edit
gonest
- (uncommon) superlative form of gone: most gone
- 2000, James M. Hutchisson, quoting Duke Ellington, Dubose Heyward: A Charleston Gentleman and the World of Porgy and Bess, University Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 165:
- Ellington telegraphed to Breen, “Your Porgy and Bess the superbest, singing the gonest, acting the craziest, Gershwin the greatest.”
Anagrams edit
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from onest from English honest from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔnɛsd/, [ˈɡɔnɛst]
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔnasd/, [ˈɡɔnast]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːnɛsd/, [ˈɡoːnɛst], /ˈɡɔnɛsd/, [ˈɡɔnɛst]
- Rhymes: -ɔnɛsd
Adjective edit
gonest (feminine singular gonest, plural gonest, equative mor onest, comparative mwy gonest, superlative mwyaf gonest)
Derived terms edit
- a bod yn onest (“to be honest”)
- gonestrwydd (“honesty”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
gonest | onest | ngonest | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gonest”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies