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English
Etymology
From curious + -est.
Adjective
curiousest
- (informal or nonstandard) superlative form of curious: most curious
1851, , chapter II, in A Transport Voyage to the Mauritius and back; , London: John Murray, , →OCLC, page 90, column 1:"But the curiousest thing a'most as I ever see at sea," resumed the mate, with an air of abstraction, and filling himself another glass of grog—"a'most the curiousest thing I ever see was when I was a coming home from Quebec in the old Jane— "
1855 Christmas, Charles Dickens, “The Boots”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Holly-tree Inn. Being the Extra Christmas Number of Household Words, volume XII, New York, N.Y.: Dix & Edwards, publishers, , published 1856, →OCLC, page 18, column 2:What was the curiousest thing he had seen? Well! He didn't know. He couldn't momently name what was the curiousest thing he had seen—unless it was a Unicorn—and he see him once at a Fair.
1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying:But the curiousest thing was Dewey Dell. It surprised me. I see all the while how folks could say he was queer, but that was the very reason couldn't nobody hold it personal.