stickest

English

Etymology 1

From stick (v) + -est.

Verb

stickest

1. (archaic, with “thou”) Second-person singular simple present form of stick.
   • ~1598, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene 1, line 1343–1344:

     [Shylock:] Thou stickest a dagger in me: I shall never see my / gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting!

   • 1787, William Jones, "Hitopadesa of Vishnusarman" (1787, aka "Hitopadesa of Vishnu Sarman"); repr. in Works (1807), Vol. 13, p. 8:

     [...] alas! my child, by not passing the night wisely in reading, when thou art among the learned, thou stickest like a calf in the mud.

Etymology 2

From stick (“sticky”, a) + -est (“superlative”).

Adjective

stickest

1. (nonstandard, informal) superlative form of stick: most stick (stickiest).

   What is the stickest kind of gum?

   What is the stickest tape to hold something up with?

   What is the stickest thing on earth?

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German

Verb

stickest

1. Second-person singular subjunctive I of sticken.