Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LEAST
LEAST, a. [superl. of Sax. læs, less, contracted from læsest. It can not be regularly formed from little.]
Smallest; little beyond others, either in size or degree; as, the least insect; the least mercy. Least is often used without the noun to which it refers. “I am the least of the apostles,” that is, the least apostle of all the apostles. – 1 Cor. xv.
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