¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grossest
1. gross [adj] - See also: gross
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grossest
Literary usage of Grossest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"when asked if he purposed violence to the shrine, repudiated as the grossest
insult the idea that he could desecrate the place where rests the spirit of' ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1882)
"A court must decide whether the construction of the will adopted by those who
arc named in the right construction, or the grossest injustice might be done. ..."
3. American States, Churches, and Slavery by Joshua Rhodes Balme (1862)
"... the slave being compelled to submit in silence—as there is no loss of social
position in consequence of the grossest licentiousness—as the libertine ..."
4. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"These Forced Improvements but Incidents of Acts of the grossest Tyranny. — Francia
as a Cattle-Doctor. A FTER the defeat of Artigas by his lieutenant, ..."
5. The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments: A Translation of the First by Guillaume Durand, John Mason Neale, Benjamin Webb (1843)
"One of the grossest which we have ever seen is to be found on the North side of
the chancel arch of Nailsea, Somersetshire. On the towers of some Norman ..."
Other Resources:
