veritable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   used as an intensifier

   Your idea is a veritable gold mine.

2. 2
   adj

   not counterfeit or copied

   These are veritable goods.

3. 3
   adj

   True; genuine.

   He is a veritable genius.

4. 4
   adj

   As an intensifier: absolute, indisputable.

   From 1748, a veritable troop of elocution experts declared war on Scots diction, providing inspirational lectures, books and yet more lists for diligent anglophiles to memorise.

Etymology

From Middle French veritable, from Old French veritable, from Latin veritabilis.