veritable
See also véritable
English
Etymology
French véritable, from Latin veritabilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
veritable (comparative more veritable, superlative most veritable)
- True, real.
- 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 11, The Myth of Mental Illness[1], ISBN 0-06-091151-4, page 193:
- Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The
dominant value was salvation in a life hereafter. Emphasizing
that "to divorce medieval hysteria from its time and place is
not possible,"21 Gallinek observes:
It was the aim of man to leave all things worldly as far behind as
possible, and already during lifetime to approach the kingdom of
heaven. The aim was salvation. Salvation was the Christian master
motive.—The ideal man of the Middle Ages was free of all fear
because he was sure of salvation, certain of eternal bliss. He was
the saint, and the saint, not the knight nor the troubadour, is the
veritable ideal of the Middle Ages.22
- Life in the Middle Ages was a colossal religious game. The
- He is a veritable swine.
- A fair is a veritable smorgasbord. (From Charlotte's Web).
- 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, M.D., chapter 11, The Myth of Mental Illness[1], ISBN 0-06-091151-4, page 193:
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Etymology
Latin veritabilis
Adjective
veritable m, f (masculine and feminine plural veritables)