Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beest

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: beest
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be

Archaic

noun

beestings, colostrum

Example Sentences

"Stephano! if thou beest Stephano, touch me, and speake to me: for I am Trinculo; be not afeard, thy good friend Trinculo."
"If thou, to be so seene, beest loath, / By Sunne, or Moone, thou darknest both […]."

Etymology

From Middle English bēst, biest, beost, bist, from Old English bist; equivalent to be + -est. Compare West Frisian bist, German bist.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: best, bist
Suffix: be

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

bist (alternative) beests (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

am are art be been being is was

Questions

What does beest mean?: second-person singular present indicative or subjunctive of be
Where does beest come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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