adjective
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(intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically)
he's a veritable swine!
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rare genuine or true; proper
I require veritable proof
Related Words
See authentic.
Other Word Forms
- nonveritable adjective
- nonveritableness noun
- nonveritably adverb
- unveritable adjective
- unveritableness noun
- unveritably adverb
- veritableness noun
- veritably adverb
Etymology
Origin of veritable
1425–75; late Middle English < Anglo-French, Middle French. See verity, -able
Example Sentences
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The floods led to mudslides, which saw the couple’s once-lush property turned into a veritable swamp.
From MarketWatch
Instead he took his daily exercise on a running machine in the tiny sports room, which "became – in my situation – a veritable oasis".
From BBC
His first order of business was to invite a veritable who’s who of local arts groups and events to call the venue home.
From Los Angeles Times
Ahead of Tuesday night, Scotland's limp beginning isn't so much food for thought for Clarke, it's a veritable feast, a banquet of things to fix, in tactics, in formation, in selection, in psychology.
From BBC
But Dek is the approximate size of a large human, a veritable runt in a race of beings that are typically between 7 and 8 feet tall.
From Salon
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