veriest

[ ver-ee-ist ]

/ ˈvɛr i ɪst /

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adjective

utmost; most complete: the veriest stupidity.

superlative of very.

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Origin of veriest

very + -est¹

Words nearby veriest

Vergil, Vergilian, verglas, Verhaeren, veridical, veriest, verifiability principle, verification, verification principle, verified, verify

How to use veriest in a sentence

The veriest tyro in natural history would see that at the first glance of the massive skeleton.
Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853|Various
The moment was critical; the veriest tyro felt the storm-spirit brooding over the hall.
A Hoosier Chronicle|Meredith Nicholson
But at all events there was nothing which the veriest Cato could denounce as demoralizing.
Mystic London:|Charles Maurice Davies
So obvious a one that only the veriest dolt could be deceived by it.
The Secret Witness|George Gibbs

I, who prided myself on my knowledge of women, was as awkward in her presence, as helpless and at loss as the veriest schoolboy.
The Wasted Generation|Owen Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for veriest

veriest

/ (ˈvɛrɪɪst) /

adjective

archaic (intensifier)the veriest coward

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of veriest

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