veritable
Use Veritable in a sentence
ɪ adjective
1.
being truly or very much so: a veritable triumph.
2.
Obsolete. true, as a statement or tale.
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is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | (intensifier; usually qualifying a word used metaphorically): he's a veritable swine! |
| 2. | rare genuine or true; proper: I require veritable proof |
| [C15: from Old French, from vérité truth; see | |
| 'veritableness | |
| —n | |
| 'veritably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
veritable
1474, from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. veritable "true," from verité (see verity) + -able. Probably lost mid-17c. and reborrowed or revived after 1830.
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Example sentences
The weather is perennially warm and dry, with heat waves in the summer making a trip to the beach or pool a veritable necessity.
Life over yonder in fine weather is a perpetual holiday, here a veritable tread-mill of industry.
It's a veritable buffet for the world's largest mammal, the great blue whale.
That's because you can take a veritable library with you.
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