preciousest

English

Adjective

preciousest

1. (now rare) superlative form of precious: most precious
   • 1849, William Tyndale, Henry Walter, Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the Holy Scriptures:

     The preciousest gift that a man hath of God in this world is the true heart of his wife, to abide by him in wealth and woe, and to bear all fortunes with him.

   • 1866, Ida Russell Wright, Household stuff and some other things, page 111:

     So the big-hearted Burns, from the vulgarest sod,
     Grew the preciousest flower in the garden of God […]