1. oldest - Noun
2. oldest - Adjective
oldest
superlative form of old: most old
oldest (plural oldests)
The oldest child in a family, or individual in a group.
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. H. P. Lovecraft
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it. Edward R. Murrow
The old are the oldest. Norwegian Proverb
The oldest trees often bear the sweetest fruit. German Proverb
Of everything else the newest; of friends, the oldest. Persian Proverb