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Etymology
Possibly from Middle English þe moste (“the greatest (person)”) with semantic bleaching.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
themost
- one
1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 3:Themost wi egges an heimost wi thick,- One had eggs and another had a kid,
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129