verisimilitude

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US /ˌvɛrəsəˈmɪləˌtuːd/ UK /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #91864

Meanings

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noun
The quality of seeming real or true to life.

The author's careful attention to detail gives the novel real verisimilitude.

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Forms verisimilitudes

Related forms factoidprobability veracity verisimilarverisimilarityverisimilitudinous

Etymology

From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).

*weh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# verisimilitude

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌvɛrəsəˈmɪləˌtuːd/
**IPA (UK):** /vɛɹɪsɪˈmɪlɪtjuːd/
**Frequency rank:** 91864

## Meanings
1. The quality of seeming real or true to life.

## Examples
- The author's careful attention to detail gives the novel real verisimilitude.

## Related Forms
- factoid
- probability
- veracity
- verisimilar
- verisimilarity
- verisimilitudinous

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weh₁-

## Etymology
From Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”).

## AI Etymology
Verisimilitude is from Middle French vérisimilitude, from Latin vērīsimilitūdō (“likeness to truth”), more correctly written separately as vērī similitūdō; from vērī, genitive singular of vērus (“true, real”), + similitūdō (“likeness, resemblance”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *weh₁- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include the quality of seeming real or true to life. The wider family includes related words such as factoid, probability, veracity, verisimilar, and verisimilarity.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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