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Veronese

1 American  
[ver-uh-neez, -nees] / ˌvɛr əˈniz, -ˈnis /

adjective

  1. of or relating to the city or town of Verona.


noun

  • Veronese
    plural
  1. a native or inhabitant of Verona.

Veronese 2 American  
[ver-uh-nay-zee, ve-raw-ne-ze] / ˌvɛr əˈneɪ zi, ˌvɛ rɔˈnɛ zɛ /

noun

  1. Paolo Paolo Cagliari, 1528–88, Venetian painter.


Veronese British  
/ veroˈneːse /

noun

  1. Paolo (ˈpaːolo), original name Paolo Cagliari or Caliari. 1528–88, Italian painter of the Venetian school. His works include The Marriage at Cana (1563) and The Feast of the Levi (1573)

"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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Etymology

Origin of Veronese

First recorded in 1750–60; Veron(a) + -ese

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"We cannot stop. The lives of workers must be respected and protected, to achieve the only tolerable number -- zero," said UIL confederal secretary Ivana Veronese.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

"What Dr Veronese shows in her investigation of this new version is that the sonnet being understood in the context of Royalist politics – a long way from its role in modern weddings," she added.

From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2025

Lebrun would surely have known the monstrous tool from countless Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings of martyred Saint Catherine of Alexandria — by Raphael, Caravaggio, Veronese, Artemisia Gentileschi, Bernardo Strozzi and dozens more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

Veronese is also a co-author on the Alzheimer's & Dementia journal article.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

His paintings are great impastos of pigment: chrome yellow, Prussian blue, vermilion, carmine, very light cinnabar green, emerald green, Veronese green, orange, lemon chrome yellow, geranium lake, silver white, zinc white....

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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