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Definition of Grayest
1. gray [adj] - See also: gray
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grayest
Literary usage of Grayest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain (1896)
"It was a conquering of men's doubts and suspicions and a capturing and solidifying
of men's belief and confidence such as the grayest veteran on the Grand ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Hence excommunication, being by far the grayest of censures, is never inflicted
for a certain definite time; on the other hand, suspension and interdict, ..."
3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"... the ordeal of cautery treatment to the nose, yet who advanced steadily in
improvement under the treatment, in spite of a headache of the grayest type. ..."
4. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1886)
"... the ordeal of cautery treatment to the nose, yet who advanced steadily in
improvement under the treatment, in spite of a headache of the grayest type. ..."