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veriest

American  
[ver-ee-ist] / ˈvɛr i ɪst /

adjective

  1. utmost; most complete.

    the veriest stupidity.

  2. superlative of very.

veriest British  
/ ˈvɛrɪɪst /

adjective

  1. archaic (intensifier)

    the veriest coward
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Etymology

Origin of veriest

very + -est 1

Example Sentences

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After a blotchy red rash appears, the veriest tyro knows it.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Fall is a tragedy, Collier feels, as petulantly as the veriest college sophomore, then God is to blame.

From Time Magazine Archive

She could mix a cocktail as well as the veriest flapper of today.

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

For the veriest trifle she would have gone down again.

From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John

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