veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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The veriest Fourth Estate tyro should know that a police officer faced with an unruly mob is too busy to check his press card.
From Time Magazine Archive
Vivid colors, big bulks, graceful stream lines satisfied even the veriest tyro.
From Time Magazine Archive
The result is that after meeting Bach, even the veriest cynic is likely to find himself shamelessly rooting for Jonathan Livingston Seagull and curiously willing to forgive the book its literary trespasses.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only the most blandly vacuous and the veriest tyros of the theatre can regard Cock o' the Roost favorably.
From Time Magazine Archive
By some, indeed, it was alleged that the veriest dunces, if of loyal stock, might look to escape on these occasions; but I treat this as a calumny.
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Stanley J. Weyman
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