beatinest

or beat·en·est

[ beet-n-ist ]

adjectiveSouth Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. most remarkable or unusual: This is the beatinest town I ever did see.

Origin of beatinest

1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–45, apparently beatin(g) (present participle of beat) + -est1

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How to use beatinest in a sentence

  • He always is been the beatenest one for twitting me about little things around the house!

    J. Poindexter, Colored | Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb
  • "Men do be the beatenest," exclaimed Aurelia under her breath.

    The White Shield | Myrtle Reed
  • I went to the Tabernicle three or four times; and of all the preachers that ever I heard, he certainly is the beatenest.

    Aunt Jane of Kentucky | Eliza Calvert Hall
  • He is the beatenest man to get off jokes I ever knowed, to be as old as he is.

    Dixie Hart | Will N. Harben
  • If they warn't the beatenest lot, them two frauds, that ever I struck.

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)