wettest

1. 1
   adjective

   Superlative of wet.

   Cherrapunji is often cited as one of the wettest places on Earth.

   The wettest region of the country receives heavy monsoon rain each summer.

   Note

   A one-syllable adjective takes -est rather than most, and its final t doubles before the ending: wet, wetter, wettest. When the talk is of places and seasons, it usually carries the "rainy" meaning of wet, so the wettest month is the one with the most rain. The same spelling also serves the archaic verb used with thou, where -est marks a person, not a degree.

2. 2
   verbarchaic

   Archaic second-person singular simple present indicative of wet.

   Note

   The verb ending that belongs with thou: thou wettest, in the same pattern as thou makest or thou goest. Here -est marks the person being addressed, and it can attach to the verb in any of its senses, from soaking something to celebrating with a drink. Modern English says you wet instead, so use this form only in deliberately old-fashioned writing.

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