veracious

From Latin verac- +‎ -ious, stem of vērāx (“truthful”), from vērus (“true”).

• IPA^(key): /vɛ.ˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

veracious (comparative more veracious, superlative most veracious)

1. True.

   The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.

2. Truthful; speaking the truth.
   • 1864, Sheridan Le Fanu, Wicked Captain Walshawe, of Wauling

     Now there are two curious circumstances to be observed in this relation of my uncle's, who was, as I have said, a perfectly veracious man.

• voracious

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