veriest
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of veriest
Example Sentences
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Vivid colors, big bulks, graceful stream lines satisfied even the veriest tyro.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a blotchy red rash appears, the veriest tyro knows it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The result is that after meeting Bach, even the veriest cynic is likely to find himself shamelessly rooting for Jonathan Livingston Seagull and curiously willing to forgive the book its literary trespasses.
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
It is his name, and the veriest fool would have used another hand.
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
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