adjective
- being nothing more than what is specified; absolute or complete (used for emphasis)
Usage: archaic or literary; used before nouns for emphasis
Examples
- He was the veriest fool to believe such nonsense.
- She dismissed it as the veriest gossip.
- The veriest beginner could solve this problem.
- It was the veriest accident that we met.
- The veriest child knows better than that.
- He showed the veriest contempt for their opinions.