dearest
A beloved person; a term of endearment.
Adjective
- superlative form of dear: most dear
- So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite, / Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth. - 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 37”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to...
Derived
Noun
- A beloved person; a term of endearment.
- I need to call my dearest and tell her the news.