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veracious

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ve⋅ra⋅cious

  [vuh-rey-shuhs]
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–adjective
1. habitually speaking the truth; truthful; honest: a veracious witness.
2. characterized by truthfulness; true, accurate, or honest in content: a veracious statement; a veracious account.
Origin:
1670–80; veraci(ty) + -ous

Related forms:
ve⋅ra⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
ve⋅ra⋅cious⋅ness, noun

Antonyms:
1, 2. mendacious.
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ve·ra·cious   (və-rā'shəs)   
adj.  

  1. Honest; truthful.

  2. Accurate; precise.


[From Latin vērāx, vērāc-, truthful, from vērus, true; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots.]
ve·ra'cious·ly adv., ve·ra'cious·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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