English edit

Etymology 1 edit

stick +‎ -est

Verb edit

stickest

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of stick
    • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
      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 edit

From stick (sticky, adjective) +‎ -est (superlative).

Adjective edit

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?

German edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

stickest

  1. second-person singular subjunctive I of sticken