gonest

English

Adjective

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

G-notes, Stonge, Tonges, gets on, stenog, tonges

Welsh

Etymology

Back-formation from onest from English honest from Old French honeste, from Latin honestus, from honor.

Pronunciation

(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

gonest (feminine singular gonest, plural gonest, equative mor onest, comparative mwy gonest, superlative mwyaf gonest)

honest

Derived terms

a bod yn onest (“to be honest”)
gonestrwydd (“honesty”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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

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