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[ ver-ee-ist ] / ˈvɛr i ɪst /
adjectiveutmost; most complete: the veriest stupidity. superlative of very. Origin of veriestvery + -est1 Words nearby veriestVergil, Vergilian, verglas, Verhaeren, veridical, veriest, verifiability principle, verification, verification principle, verified, verify Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for veriestWe have Pezizæ with a subiculum in the section Tapesia, but the veriest tyro would not confound them with species of Parmelia. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses|Mordecai Cubitt Cooke She appeared the veriest little savage that ever lived so close to wealth and civilization. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years|Margaret Vandercook It is so simple that the veriest tyro can thus graft grapes. Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick One ought to despise nothing nowadays: the veriest straw of talent may be that which is to break the camel's back.' The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2|Thomas de Quincey
British Dictionary definitions for veriest
adjectivearchaic (intensifier)the veriest coward 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 Words related to veriestdecidedly, particularly, absolutely, awfully, profoundly, excessively, remarkably, certainly, deeply, wonderfully, pretty, incredibly, eminently, uncommonly, truly, highly, extremely, extraordinarily, terribly, exceedingly |