Choice, adj., 1) chosen, appointed: “wishing me to permit my chaplain a c. hour to hear from him a matter of some moment,” H8 I, 2, 162.
2) select, excellent: “a most singular and c. epithet,” LLL V, 1, 17. “the c. love of Gremio,” Shr. I, 2, 236. “ye c. spirits,” H6A V, 3, 3. “the c. and master spirits of this age,” Caes. III, 1, 163. “in c. Italian,” Hml. III, 2, 274. “most c., forsaken,” Lr. I, 1, 254. -- Superl. choicest: “the --st music of the kingdom,” H8 IV, 1, 91.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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