fewest
(adjective) (superlative of ‘few’ used with count nouns and usually preceded by ‘the’) quantifier meaning the smallest in number; “the fewest birds in recent memory”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fewest
superlative degree of few; the smallest number.
• Fewest is used with plural nouns only. With uncountable nouns, use least. For more information, see fewer.
• most
Source: Wiktionary
Few, a. [Compar. Fewer; superl. Fewest.] Etym: [OE. fewe, feawe, AS. feá, pl. feáwe; akin to OS. fah, OHG. f*, Icel. far, Sw. få, pl., Dan. faa, pl., Goth. faus, L. paucus, cf. Gr. Paucity.]
Definition: Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a whole; often, by ellipsis of a noun, a few people. "Are not my days few" Job x. 20. Few know and fewer care. Proverb.
Note: Few is often used partitively; as, few of them. A few, a small number.
– In few, in a few words; briefly. Shak. - No few, not few; more than a few; many. Cowper. - The few, the minority; -- opposed to the many or the majority.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
