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English
Etymology 1
stick + -est
Verb
stickest
- (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of stick
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Thou stickest a dagger in me: I shall never see my gold again: fourscore ducats at a sitting!
- 1787, William Jones, "Hitopadesa of Vishnusarman" (1787, aka "Hitopadesa of Vishnu Sarman"); repr. in Works (1807), Vol. 13, p. 8:
- alas! my child, by not passing the night wisely in reading, when thou art among the learned, thou stickest like a calf in the mud.
Etymology 2
From stick (“sticky”, adjective) + -est (“superlative”).
Adjective
stickest
- (nonstandard, informal) superlative form of stick: most stick (stickiest).
- What is the stickest kind of gum?
- What is the stickest tape to hold something up with?
- What is the stickest thing on earth?
German
Pronunciation
Verb
stickest
- second-person singular subjunctive I of sticken