- veri·si·mil·i·tude
- /ˌverəsəˈmıləˌtuːd, Brit ˌvɛrəsəˈmıləˌtjuːd/ noun [noncount]formal : the quality of seeming real
The novel lacks verisimilitude. [=the things that happen in the novel do not seem real]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
veri·si·mil·i·tude
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veri — veri·sim·i·lar; veri·si·mil·i·tude; veri·si·mil·i·ty; veri·sim·i·lous; veri·sim·i·lar·ly; … English syllables
mil — al·che·mil·la; ar·mil; ar·mil·la; ar·mil·lar·ia; ar·mil·lary; au·mil; au·mil·dar; bis·mil·lah; bog·o·mil; bog·o·mil·ism; brown·mil·ler·ite; fa·mil·ia; fa·mil·ial; fa·mil·iar·ism; fa·mil·iar·i·ty; fa·mil·iar·iza·tion; fa·mil·iar·ize;… … English syllables
verisimilitude — veri·si·mil·i·tude … English syllables
si — ab·ba·si; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·stru·si·ty; ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty; ac·ces·si·ble; ac·qui·si·tion; acra·si·a·les; acra·si·e·ae; ac·ro·tar·si·al; ac·ro·tar·si·um; adi·ba·si; ad·mis·si·bil·i·ty; ad·mis·si·ble; ad·ver·si·ty; aero·si·nus·i·tis; ali·si·er; … English syllables
verisimilitude — ver|i|si|mil|i|tude [ˌverısıˈmılıtju:d US tu:d] n [U] formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: verisimilitudo, from verisimilis probable , from veri similis like the truth ] the quality of being true or real ▪ questions about the verisimilitude… … Dictionary of contemporary English
verisimilitude — ver•i•si•mil•i•tude [[t]ˌvɛr ə sɪˈmɪl ɪˌtud, ˌtyud[/t]] n. 1) the appearance or semblance of truth; likelihood 2) something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L vērīsimilitūdō=vērī, gen. sing. of… … From formal English to slang
