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veritable

adjective

ver·​i·​ta·​ble ˈver-ə-tə-bəl How to pronounce veritable (audio)
: being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary
often used to stress the aptness of a metaphor
a veritable mountain of references
veritableness noun
veritably adverb

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Veritable, like its close relative verity ("truth"), came to English through Anglo-French from Latin. It is ultimately derived from verus, the Latin word for "true," which also gave us verify, aver, and verdict. Veritable is often used as a synonym of genuine or authentic ("a veritable masterpiece"), but it is also frequently used to stress the aptness of a metaphor, often in a humorous tone ("a veritable swarm of lawyers"). In the past, usage commentators have objected to the latter use, but today it doesn't draw much criticism.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The movie is full of juicy cameos — fun celebrities played, in certain cases by fun actors — and this terrific scene is a veritable orgy of them. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022 Earlier this summer Jeff Sagansky, veteran media executive and investor, delivered a veritable call to arms to producers and other creatives. Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 Summer 2022 brought a veritable smorgasbord of scintillating romance choices, from unique historicals to engrossing contemporary rom-coms. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 Aug. 2022 At a news conference Tuesday, the coalition unveiled a nationwide database that holds a veritable almanac about all things — and people — related to past violent railroad crime in the U.S. Daedan Olander, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022 Smith's Daemon is a veritable hell hurricane, bringing faint nobility to his wild-card impetuousness. Darren Franich, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 Only a year later that fortune had shrunk to around $7.4 billion, and Perelman began a veritable fire sale of financial and personal assets. William Cohan, Town & Country, 18 Aug. 2022 Metrics that are being used to gauge national and international progress on AI tend to include a bit of everything, at times bordering on the inclusion of the veritable kitchen sink too. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Elena and Matthew Fierro looked at 30 houses in Arlington, Va., before finding what has become a veritable golden ticket in the Washington, D.C., suburb: a single-family home. Cecilie Rohwedder, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, "reliable, honest, true, factual," borrowed from Anglo-French (continental Old French, "real, true"), from verité "truth, verity" + -able -able

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of veritable was in the 15th century

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