veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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After a blotchy red rash appears, the veriest tyro knows it.
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
If the Fall is a tragedy, Collier feels, as petulantly as the veriest college sophomore, then God is to blame.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
For the veriest trifle she would have gone down again.
From Sophia A Romance by Weyman, Stanley John
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