verisimilitude
English
WOTD – 16 April 2006
Etymology
From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
Noun
verisimilitude (countable and uncountable, plural verisimilitudes)
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:verisimilitude.
Related terms
Translations
property of seeming true
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statement which merely appears to be true
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See also
Further reading
- verisimilitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- verisimilitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similis (“like, resembling, similar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɛʁisimilityd/
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