carissimus

== Latin == === Etymology === From carus + -issimus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaːˈrɪs.sɪ.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈris.si.mus] === Adjective === cārissimus (superlative, feminine cārissima, neuter cārissimum); first/second declension superlative degree of cārus used in terms of endearment ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. === References === "carissimus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.