verisimilar
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin vērisimilis, prop. vērī similis (“having the appearance of truth”), from vērī, genitive of vērus (“true”) + similis (“like, similar”); see very and similar.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪmələ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪməlɚ/, /ˌvɛɹəˈsɪməlɚ/
Adjective edit
verisimilar (comparative more verisimilar, superlative most verisimilar)
- Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely.
- 2012, Matthew Adams, “Losing It”, in Literary Review, section 401:
- Joyce's objection was founded in [...] a reaction to the doggedly linear, heavily patterned artifice of the nineteenth-century novel, the verisimilar credentials of which existed – so, at any rate, the argument runs – in inverse proportion to the conventionality of its narrative style.
- (fiction) Faithful to its own rules; internally consistent.
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Further reading edit
- “verisimilar”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “verisimilar”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.