Veronese

¹ American  

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

adjective

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

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noun

plural

Veronese

1. a native or inhabitant of Verona.

Veronese ² American  

[ver-uh-ney-zee, ve-raw-ne-ze] / ˌvɛr əˈneɪ zi, ˌvɛ rɔˈnɛ zɛ /

noun

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

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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)

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Etymology

Origin of Veronese

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

Example Sentences

"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

Dr Veronese said she thought the changed first line and the lack of mention of Shakespeare were the reasons "why this poem has passed un-noticed as a copy of Sonnet 116 all these years".

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

He asks Theo to send him some tubes of paint before he leaves Paris: three of zinc white, four of Veronese green, and a tube each of cobalt, ultramarine, emerald green, and orange lead.

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