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Definition of Goriest
1. gory [adj] - See also: gory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goriest
Literary usage of Goriest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Literature by William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett (1918)
"Raw horrors accumulate on horror's head, and the play degenerates into melodrama
of the goriest kind. Nevertheless, it shows a remarkable advance over ..."
2. The Land of Poco Tiempo by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1893)
"The exact date is not sure, but it was positively between 1670 and 1675. It was
a period of his goriest activity. In 1672 he made the massacre of ..."
3. Attic & Elizabethan Tragedy by Lauchlan MacLean Watt (1908)
"... and goriest utterance make up Tragedy. It retains the old Dumb-shows, of which
a good example is seen in the play which is represented before the King ..."
4. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"... How hast the battle goriest? Tell me!" We chawed 'em up—that's what we did !
" said the bold Moses. " I thank the gods ! " sed the fair Elizy. ..."
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