-st meaning (archaic): definition, etymology and quotations

-st

suffix

Etymology From Middle English -st; see -est.

Archaic, Morpheme Verb suffix for the second-person singular; Alternative form of -est.

Thou com'st to use thy tongue.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:

suffix

Etymology From the written form of first; see further etymology there.

Morpheme Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first"

suffix

Etymology From -s + -t of excrescent suffixes, with -s sometimes genitive.

Morpheme Excrescent suffix (adding sound but largely not changing the meaning).

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Derived terms: against, alongst, amongst, beknownst, midst, unbeknownst, whilst, whomst

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