leste

Pronunciation

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Verb

leste

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of lessen

Pronunciation

• Homophones: lestent, lestes

Adjective

leste (plural lestes)

1. agile; nimble

Verb

leste

1. first-person singular present indicative of lester
2. third-person singular present indicative of lester
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lester
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lester
5. second-person singular imperative of lester

Further reading

• “leste” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Alternative forms

• E
• L

Etymology

From French l'est, from Old English ēast.

Noun

leste m (plural lestes)

1. (uncountable) east (cardinal direction)
2. (uncountable) the eastern portion of a territory or region
3. (countable) an eastern; a wind blowing from the east

Adjective

leste f

1. feminine plural of lesto

Anagrams

• stele

Adjective

leste

1. last; final
   • 14^th Century, Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Knight's Tale

     The brighte swerdes wenten to and fro
     So hidously þat with þe leste strook
     That it semeþ þat it wolde felle an ook

Adjective

leste m, f

1. (Jersey) nimble

Verb

leste

1. simple past of lese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French l'est (“the east”).

Etymology 2