adjective
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(intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically)
he's a veritable swine!
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rare genuine or true; proper
I require veritable proof
Related Words
See authentic.
Other Word Forms
- nonveritable adjective
- nonveritableness noun
- nonveritably adverb
- unveritable adjective
- unveritableness noun
- unveritably adverb
- veritableness noun
- veritably adverb
Etymology
Origin of veritable
1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French. See verity, -able
Example Sentences
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“Despite my curiosity, I decided that my ignorance was less important than the existence of this microcosmic ecosystem in a veritable desert.”
From Literature
It’s a veritable Jackson Pollock spattering of woes.
From Barron's
McCarthy and Baby are not alone -- "Heated Rivalry" is a veritable cultural phenomenon.
From Barron's
What was once one of the coolest secrets in Los Angeles has become a veritable ghost town, the vast empty spaces populated by howling coyotes and scrounging bears.
From Los Angeles Times
The house has become a veritable cinematic shrine.
From MarketWatch
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