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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Est \Est\, noun & adverb East. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: -est \-est\ (-[e^]st). [AS. -ost, -est; akin to G. -est, -ist, Icel. -astr, -str, Goth. -ists, -[=o]sts, Skr. -ish[.t]ha.] A suffix used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs; as, smoothest; earl(y)iest. From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: noun 1: standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States [syn: {Eastern Time}, {Eastern Standard Time}] From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]: |
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