VERITABLE

authentic, bona fide, unquestionable, veritable

(adjective) not counterfeit or copied; “an authentic signature”; “a bona fide manuscript”; “an unquestionable antique”; “photographs taken in a veritable bull ring”

veritable, regular(a)

(adjective) often used as intensifiers; “a regular morass of details”; “a regular nincompoop”; “he’s a veritable swine”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)

True; genuine.

Anagrams

• avertible, rivetable

Source: Wiktionary


Ver"i*ta*ble, a. Etym: [F. véritable. See Verity.]

Definition: Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine. "The veritable Deity." Sir W. Hamilton.

– Ver"i*ta*bly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

7 January 2025

UNINFORMATIVELY

(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”


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Coffee Trivia

The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.

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