"eftest" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: The word is used by Dogberry in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (and may be a deliberate error, since Dogberry frequently uses malapropisms). Other writers have used the word in direct allusion to Shakespeare's use. Compare eftsoons and see -est. Head templates: {{head|en|superlative adjective}} eftest
  1. (rare) Quickest or most convenient. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-eftest-en-adj-xflOECWf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1855, Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, page 637",
          "text": "Here 'Turk's emotion overcame him: he lifted up his head, turned around, and finding the 'eftest way' and place to lie down upon the hearth-rug, he 'sought repose' before the cheerful grate: […]",
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          "text": "Vayu is the eftest deity",
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