veritable

[ver-i-tuh-buhl]

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adjective

being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.

Obsolete. true, as a statement or tale.

Origin of veritable

1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French. See verity, -able

Related formsver·i·ta·ble·ness, nounver·i·ta·bly, adverbnon·ver·i·ta·ble, adjectivenon·ver·i·ta·ble·ness, nounnon·ver·i·ta·bly, adverbun·ver·i·ta·ble, adjectiveun·ver·i·ta·ble·ness, nounun·ver·i·ta·bly, adverb

Synonyms for veritable

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1. real, genuine; utter.

Synonym study

1. See authentic.

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Related Words for veritable

actual, factual, genuine, indubitable, kosher, real, undoubted, unquestionable, very, legit, true

Examples from the Web for veritable

Contemporary Examples of veritable

And the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.
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Selter, on the other hand, has turned her butt selfies—and the buzz they generate—into a veritable business.
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A drive to the Snæfellsnes peninsula—seriously, these names—is a veritable coastline journey to the center of the Earth.
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In a veritable Mapplethorpe renaissance, two exhibitions have launched in tandem dedicated to his work.
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Historical Examples of veritable

She seemed to bring a veritable shower of song into this home of long silences.
Dust
Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
The first performance was a veritable little triumph for me!
My Double Life
Sarah Bernhardt
But the window scene on the first night was a veritable triumph.
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A veritable Eden thought Stanley Fyles—complete to the last detail.
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Ridgwell Cullum
It is your grand state medicine, your veritable Doctor Sangrado!
Vivian Grey
Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

British Dictionary definitions for veritable

veritable

adjective (prenominal)

(intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically)he's a veritable swine!

rare genuine or true; properI require veritable proof

Derived Formsveritableness, nounveritably, adverb

Word Origin for veritable

C15: from Old French, from vérité truth; see verity

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Word Origin and History for veritable

adj.

late 15c., from Anglo-French and Old French veritable "true," from verité (see verity) + -able. Probably lost mid-17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830. Related: Veritably.