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verisimilar

[ ver-uh-sim-uh-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

verisimilar

/ ˌvɛrɪˈsɪmɪlə /

First recorded in 1675–85; from Latin vērīsimil(is) ( vērī, genitive singular of vērum “truth,” + similis “like, resembling”) + -ar ¹

C17: from Latin vērīsimilis, from vērus true + similis like

Verisimilar, ver-i-sim′i-lar, adj. truth-like: likely: probable.

Now, I am to perform all this, it seems, without making any thing verisimilar or agreeable!

Le vrai n'est pas toujours vraisemblable—The true is not always verisimilar.

Charming, but in no proper sense of the word natural or verisimilar.

And there the effect is not only verisimilar but wonderful in its verisimilitude.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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