Crossword clues for richest
richest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rich \Rich\, (r[i^]ch), a. [Compar. Richer; superl. Richest.] [OE. riche, AS. r[=i]ce rich, powerful; akin to OS. r[=i]ki, D. rijk, G. reich, OHG. r[=i]hhi, Icel. r[=i]kr, Sw. rik, Dan. rig, Goth. reiks; from a word meaning, ruler, king, probably borrowed from Celtic, and akin to L. rex, regis, king, regere to guide, rule. [root]283. See Right, and cf. Derrick, Enrich, Rajah, Riches, Royal.]
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Having an abundance of material possessions; possessed of a large amount of property; well supplied with land, goods, or money; wealthy; opulent; affluent; -- opposed to poor. ``Rich merchants.''
--Chaucer.The rich [person] hath many friends.
--Prov. xiv. 20.As a thief, bent to unhoard the cash Of some rich burgher.
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Hence, in general, well supplied; abounding; abundant; copious; bountiful; as, a rich treasury; a rich entertainment; a rich crop.
If life be short, it shall be glorious; Each minute shall be rich in some great action.
--Rowe.The gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold.
--Milton. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful; as, rich soil or land; a rich mine.
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Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents.
Like to rich and various gems.
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Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities; -- especially applied to articles of food or drink which are high-seasoned or abound in oleaginous ingredients, or are sweet, luscious, and high-flavored; as, a rich dish; rich cream or soup; rich pastry; rich wine or fruit.
Sauces and rich spices are fetched from India.
--Baker. Not faint or delicate; vivid; as, a rich color.
Full of sweet and harmonius sounds; as, a rich voice; rich music.
Abounding in beauty; gorgeous; as, a rich landscape; rich scenery.
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Abounding in humor; exciting amusement; entertaining; as, the scene was a rich one; a rich incident or character. [Colloq.]
--Thackeray.Note: Rich is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, rich-fleeced, rich-jeweled, rich-laden, rich-stained.
Syn: Wealthy; affluent; opulent; ample; copious; abundant; plentiful; fruitful; costly; sumptuous; precious; generous; luscious.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlative of: rich) The one who has the most money.
Usage examples of "richest".
The provinces of Greece and Asia Minor may be supposed to have yielded the richest booty.
The daughter of Alboin and Rosamond, with the richest spoils of the Lombards, was embarked for Constantinople: the surprising strength of Peredeus amused and terrified the Imperial court: ^* his blindness and revenge exhibited an imperfect copy of the adventures of Samson.
Sappho) and the Spectator, he might have been the richest prelate of the Greek church.
This odious office was authoritatively imposed on the richest citizens of each town.
The Ophir, the Mexican, and others were showing large ore bodies, and the ore was the richest he had seen.
Bat, 1755, in folio) for the richest and most authentic materials, a life of Saladin by his friend and minister the Cadhi Bohadin, and copious extracts from the history of his kinsman the prince Abulfeda of Hamah.
So Cooper-Tillman had bought four million pounds of tea from Chen-tse Jin Arn—or Jin-qua, as he was nicknamed—the richest of the Chinese merchants, and shipped it to Manila, supposedly for Spanish merchants.
By the Cross, if I knew the cure for that I’d be the richest man on the earth.
He’s the richest and the most cunning of the Co-hong and your major supplier, and you’ve known him twenty years.
But he knew that the richest warlord in China would not hesitate to take her—by force if necessary—once he had seen her.
The extra four million will be the basis of your Hong Kong government treasury—and thus one of the richest colonial treasuries in the Empire.
You'll make more money than if you had some feet in the richest claim on the Comstock.
The richest ores he had seen thus far were in quartz mixed with calcite, galena, and pyrite.
He now had control of a mine he believed would prove to be among the richest on the lode.
The richest ore might lie, should lie, right there under that cairn, or under the whole area they had staked.