veracityn.

Brit.

/vᵻˈrasᵻti/, U.S.

/vəˈræsədi/

Forms: Also 1600s veracitie.

Etymology: < French véracité (= Italian veracità, Spanish veracidad, Portuguese veracidade), or medieval Latin vērācitāt-, vērācitās, < Latin vērāci-, vērax, < vērus real, true.

a. The quality or character in persons of speaking or stating the truth; habitual observance of the truth; truthfulness, veraciousness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun]

soothfastnessc825

trutha1450

fidelity1534

verity1565

veracity1623

truthfulness1647

veritableness1664

veridicalness1727

tell-truth1744

truthiness1832

veraciousness1860

veridicalitya1901

veridicity1937

1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i.

1624 H. Mason New Art of Lying v. 95 Truth morally taken, which hee calleth veracitie.

1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 154 A due conformity between the Words and the Understanding, when I speak as I think; which is moral Truth or Veracity.

1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 87 Veracity..is a moral virtue, and consists in a due conformity of our words, or declarations, with our thoughts.

1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 57 To send deputies to the Congress of Philadelphia, to that seat of Virtue and Veracity.

1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 23 Veracity, therefore, not mere accuracy; to convey truth, not merely to say it, is the point of duty in dispute.

1860 R. W. Emerson Illusions in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 285 I look upon the simple and childish virtues of veracity and honesty as the root of all that is sublime in character.

1900 L. Huxley Life T. H. Huxley II. 427 Huxley's passion for veracity was perhaps his strongest characteristic.

b. of veracity, trustworthy, veracious, truthful. (Also with qualifying adjectives.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective]

soothfastc825

soothsaȝelc900

trueOE

unlighela1200

sootha1250

un-i-lowec1380

textualc1386

veritable1489

truthful1568

troth telling1579

veridical1653

verificala1660

of veracity1671

veriloquous1672

veraciousa1677

unfabling1797

veridicous1817

falsehood-free1850

trothful1861

veridic1895

1671 J. Webster Metallographia i. 8 Authors..of the greatest authority and veracity.

1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 88 Speaking of a Man of Veracity, we say he carries his Heart in his Hands.

1704 in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 331 Those in this place, of unblemished credit and undoubted veracity, who were witnesses.

1737 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 11/2 The same Author of veracity attests, that [etc.].

a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) iii. viii. 381 Philosophers, men of veracity, studied the heavenly bodies.

1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 31 A few instances..from one author alone, of undoubted veracity.

c. This quality as manifested in individuals. Const. of (a person) or with possessive.

ΚΠ

1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 114 I..doubt not of the veracity of that noble philosopher.

1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 81 Authors of that undoubted credit, that no body..will call their veracity in question.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. viii. 145 Which, after great Astonishment, clearly convinced him of my Veracity.

1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. iii. i. xv All the benefit of conversation, depends upon our opinion of the speaker's veracity.

1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 1 But for the preparations..going on before my eyes, I should have..doubts of my own veracity.

1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent i. ii. 14 The child assents..to the veracity of his mother in her assertion of the inapprehensible.

a. Agreement of statement or report with the actual fact or facts; accordance with truth; correctness, accuracy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > accuracy of statement

sincerity1546

veracity1736

exactitude1825

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 265 Mere Genealogies,..perhaps do carry some Presumption of Veracity.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 4. ⁋19 In narratives where historical veracity has no place.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 275 The character of veracity and simplicity on the very countenance..of the Gospel.

1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 17 No picture of life can have any veracity that does not admit the odious facts.

b. Const. of or with possessive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun]

soothc950

soothOE

rightOE

soothnessc1275

soothness1297

soothshipc1320

soothhead1340

very1382

trotha1387

trutha1391

verity1422

veriment1528

true?1531

trueness1559

veriness1574

reality1604

veracity1664

veridicalness1727

the fact of the matter1808

truthfulness1835

actualité1840

the straight1866

satya1879

straight goods1892

veridicalitya1901

truth value1903

dinky1941

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 101 The veracity of the voice of Christ sounding in the Scriptures.

1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 100 For Testimony concerning the Veracity of his History, we find even [etc.].

a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. vii. 386 Were the tradition of the Scriptures' antiquity and veracity not enough.

1755 Connoisseur (1756) No. 73. 434 The veracity of these posthumous encomiums may, indeed, be fairly suspected.

1803 Edwin I. vi. 89 The band of warriors no longer doubting the veracity of his words.

1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. I. ii. iii. 151 Such, at least, is the ancient narrative..:..and..I see no reason to disbelieve its general veracity.

1902 R. Hichens Londoners 42 Finding the veracity of his paragraph thus impugned.

3. Correspondence with external facts; exactness in the indication of these.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun]

nicetya1393

curiosityc1400

suretya1500

justness1533

preciseness1569

accurateness1611

punctuality1620

punctualness1620

mathematicality1641

accuracy1644

expressness1645

exactness1646

veracity1666

niceness1678

correctness1684

criticalness1693

precision1698

punctuosity1733

definitude1836

minutia1849

definition1866

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun] > of tools, materials, etc.

trothc1425

truthc1443

trueness1594

justness1684

veracity1836

1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. (1667) 59 Suppose that we were born with these congenite Anticipations,..how can I be certaine of their Truth and Veracity?

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 16 He..was under the painful necessity of admitting the veracity of his optics.

1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 53 Every Specific Informant [i.e. scientific instrument] needs to have its veracity put to the test.

4. That which is true; a truthful statement; a truth.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth

soothquidec888

soothsawc950

soothOE

righteousnessa1225

certainty1330

truthc1330

trotha1387

verity1533

tell-truth?1556

oracle1569

true1581

round O1605

fact1779

veracity1852

veritability1864

1852 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xiv. 204 It is possible for a man to utter veracities and yet to be false to himself and to his God.

1867 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. (1886) 18 A world whose falsehoods and veracities are separated by so very thin a barrier.

Compounds

veracity-insuring adj.

ΚΠ

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 194 According as..the force of..the veracity-insuring..motives, is the strongest.

veracity-serving adj.

ΚΠ

1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. iii. 282 Veracity-serving information, information considered as a source of truth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	veracity
释义	veracityn. Brit. /vᵻˈrasᵻti/, U.S. /vəˈræsədi/ Forms: Also 1600s veracitie. Etymology: < French véracité (= Italian veracità, Spanish veracidad, Portuguese veracidade), or medieval Latin vērācitāt-, vērācitās, < Latin vērāci-, vērax, < vērus real, true. 1. a. The quality or character in persons of speaking or stating the truth; habitual observance of the truth; truthfulness, veraciousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] soothfastnessc825 trutha1450 fidelity1534 verity1565 veracity1623 truthfulness1647 veritableness1664 veridicalness1727 tell-truth1744 truthiness1832 veraciousness1860 veridicalitya1901 veridicity1937 1623 in H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i. 1624 H. Mason New Art of Lying v. 95 Truth morally taken, which hee calleth veracitie. 1678 J. Norris Coll. Misc. (1699) 154 A due conformity between the Words and the Understanding, when I speak as I think; which is moral Truth or Veracity. 1714 R. Fiddes Pract. Disc. (ed. 2) II. 87 Veracity..is a moral virtue, and consists in a due conformity of our words, or declarations, with our thoughts. 1775 S. Johnson Taxation no Tyranny 57 To send deputies to the Congress of Philadelphia, to that seat of Virtue and Veracity. 1809 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 23 Veracity, therefore, not mere accuracy; to convey truth, not merely to say it, is the point of duty in dispute. 1860 R. W. Emerson Illusions in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 285 I look upon the simple and childish virtues of veracity and honesty as the root of all that is sublime in character. 1900 L. Huxley Life T. H. Huxley II. 427 Huxley's passion for veracity was perhaps his strongest characteristic. b. of veracity, trustworthy, veracious, truthful. (Also with qualifying adjectives.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] soothfastc825 soothsaȝelc900 trueOE unlighela1200 sootha1250 un-i-lowec1380 textualc1386 veritable1489 truthful1568 troth telling1579 veridical1653 verificala1660 of veracity1671 veriloquous1672 veraciousa1677 unfabling1797 veridicous1817 falsehood-free1850 trothful1861 veridic1895 1671 J. Webster Metallographia i. 8 Authors..of the greatest authority and veracity. 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 88 Speaking of a Man of Veracity, we say he carries his Heart in his Hands. 1704 in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1870) IX. 331 Those in this place, of unblemished credit and undoubted veracity, who were witnesses. 1737 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 11/2 The same Author of veracity attests, that [etc.]. a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) iii. viii. 381 Philosophers, men of veracity, studied the heavenly bodies. 1839 G. P. R. James Louis XIV III. 31 A few instances..from one author alone, of undoubted veracity. c. This quality as manifested in individuals. Const. of (a person) or with possessive. ΚΠ 1669 W. Simpson Hydrologia Chymica 114 I..doubt not of the veracity of that noble philosopher. 1687 T. Brown Saints in Uproar in Wks. (1730) I. 81 Authors of that undoubted credit, that no body..will call their veracity in question. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. viii. 145 Which, after great Astonishment, clearly convinced him of my Veracity. 1785 W. Paley Princ. Moral & Polit. Philos. iii. i. xv All the benefit of conversation, depends upon our opinion of the speaker's veracity. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 1 But for the preparations..going on before my eyes, I should have..doubts of my own veracity. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent i. ii. 14 The child assents..to the veracity of his mother in her assertion of the inapprehensible. 2. a. Agreement of statement or report with the actual fact or facts; accordance with truth; correctness, accuracy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > accuracy of statement sincerity1546 veracity1736 exactitude1825 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 265 Mere Genealogies,..perhaps do carry some Presumption of Veracity. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 4. ⁋19 In narratives where historical veracity has no place. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 275 The character of veracity and simplicity on the very countenance..of the Gospel. 1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 17 No picture of life can have any veracity that does not admit the odious facts. b. Const. of or with possessive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] soothc950 soothOE rightOE soothnessc1275 soothness1297 soothshipc1320 soothhead1340 very1382 trotha1387 trutha1391 verity1422 veriment1528 true?1531 trueness1559 veriness1574 reality1604 veracity1664 veridicalness1727 the fact of the matter1808 truthfulness1835 actualité1840 the straight1866 satya1879 straight goods1892 veridicalitya1901 truth value1903 dinky1941 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 101 The veracity of the voice of Christ sounding in the Scriptures. 1684 T. Goddard Plato's Demon 100 For Testimony concerning the Veracity of his History, we find even [etc.]. a1706 J. Evelyn Hist. Relig. (1850) I. vii. 386 Were the tradition of the Scriptures' antiquity and veracity not enough. 1755 Connoisseur (1756) No. 73. 434 The veracity of these posthumous encomiums may, indeed, be fairly suspected. 1803 Edwin I. vi. 89 The band of warriors no longer doubting the veracity of his words. 1845 G. S. Faber Eight Diss. I. ii. iii. 151 Such, at least, is the ancient narrative..:..and..I see no reason to disbelieve its general veracity. 1902 R. Hichens Londoners 42 Finding the veracity of his paragraph thus impugned. 3. Correspondence with external facts; exactness in the indication of these. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun] nicetya1393 curiosityc1400 suretya1500 justness1533 preciseness1569 accurateness1611 punctuality1620 punctualness1620 mathematicality1641 accuracy1644 expressness1645 exactness1646 veracity1666 niceness1678 correctness1684 criticalness1693 precision1698 punctuosity1733 definitude1836 minutia1849 definition1866 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [noun] > of tools, materials, etc. trothc1425 truthc1443 trueness1594 justness1684 veracity1836 1666 Bp. S. Parker Free Censvre Platonick Philos. (1667) 59 Suppose that we were born with these congenite Anticipations,..how can I be certaine of their Truth and Veracity? 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 16 He..was under the painful necessity of admitting the veracity of his optics. 1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 53 Every Specific Informant [i.e. scientific instrument] needs to have its veracity put to the test. 4. That which is true; a truthful statement; a truth. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > true statement, correct account, truth soothquidec888 soothsawc950 soothOE righteousnessa1225 certainty1330 truthc1330 trotha1387 verity1533 tell-truth?1556 oracle1569 true1581 round O1605 fact1779 veracity1852 veritability1864 1852 F. W. Robertson Serm. (1857) 3rd Ser. xiv. 204 It is possible for a man to utter veracities and yet to be false to himself and to his God. 1867 W. Stubbs 17 Lect. Study Hist. (1886) 18 A world whose falsehoods and veracities are separated by so very thin a barrier. Compounds veracity-insuring adj. ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. xi. 194 According as..the force of..the veracity-insuring..motives, is the strongest. veracity-serving adj. ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. iii. 282 Veracity-serving information, information considered as a source of truth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1623
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