Peachiest

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. The greatest extent of enjoyment or satisfaction that an entity can offer
2. Expressing the utmost level of delight or quality that can be achieved
3. Indicating the peak condition of enjoyment or superior attributes

Etymology: Peachiest is the superlative of "peachy", so it carries the sense of the very best or most pleasing, the top of the scale of enjoyment. Its root is the fruit. "Peach" came into English through Old French "peche", which descended from Latin "persicum", meaning "Persian" (the fruit was thought to come from Persia). That Latin name is traced back to the Persian people, so a fruit's name is, at heart, a nationality. The adjective "peachy" is built from "peach" with the suffix "-y", which in Old English was a common way to make a noun into an adjective meaning "full of" or "like" the noun. "Peachy" thus began as something like "resembling a peach", and the superlative "peachiest" follows the usual English pattern of adding "-est" to a short adjective. Its jump from fruit to praise is the surprising step. Nothing in the word's form points to pleasure; the connection rests on the fruit's association with something sweet and desirable, and "peachy" developed its approving sense from there.

Synonyms: sweetest, best, finest, most delightful, most charming

Antonyms: sour, worst, least pleasant, most disagreeable, most unpleasant