reddest
- 1Superlative form of red.
Of all the roses in the garden, the climbing variety had the reddest petals.
The reddest sunsets tend to appear when the air is full of dust.
Note
The spelling doubles the final consonant before the ending, as short one-vowel words do: red, redder, reddest. Being one syllable, red takes -est rather than most red. The superlative grades the meanings that come in degrees, such as a hue, ginger hair or a face flushed with anger or sunburn. It does not suit the card-suit meaning, where a heart is simply red and never redder than a diamond.
reddest is a form of red
red, adjective: Of the color of blood, ripe strawberries and the setting sun; of a playing card, belonging to hearts or diamonds. Full entry
- Spelling
- red → reddest: double the d, add -est
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