mieulx
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Middle French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French mielz, mialz.
Adverb
[edit]mieulx
- comparative degree of bien (“better”)
- superlative degree of bien (“best”)
Noun
[edit]mieulx m
- (le mieulx) the best
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 59:
- Beaux seigneurs vous scavez bien que la coustume de ceans est telle que nous devons eslire cellui a nostre escient qui le mieulx a fait au tournoiement.
- Good sirs, you know very well that our custom is that we have to choose who, to the best of our knowledge, has performed the best in the tournament.
Descendants
[edit]- French: mieux