verisimilaradj.

Brit.

/ˌvɛrᵻˈsɪmᵻlə/,

/ˌvɛrᵻˈsɪml̩ə/, U.S.

/ˌvɛrəˈsɪmələr/

Forms: Also 1600s very-, 1800s veri-similar.

Etymology: < Latin vērisimilis, vērī similis (see verisimilitude n.), after similar adj. Compare Italian verisimile, Spanish verosimil, Portuguese veri-, verosimil.

Having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable. In early use rare. Frequent from c1845, apparently after Carlyle, who used it freely.

ΘΚΠ

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

truthlike1566

verisimilous1635

verisimilary1653

verisimilar1681

plausible1838

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] > appearing true or real

apparent1523

truthlike1566

showing1579

verisimilous1635

verisimilary1653

verisimilar1681

1681 Humble Ess. Peace & Truth Church 2 As the Opposition to Truth is either from a downright Lie; or a verisimilar Semblance.

1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Vindication 25 Now I am to perform all this, it seems, without making any thing verisimilar or agreeable.

1683 T. Hunt Def. Charter London 29 Our Poet hath not so much art left him as to frame any thing agreeable or very-similar to amuse the People or wherewith to deceive them.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II

1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 324 Are these dramas of his not verisimilar only, but true?1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 3 Since I judge the doctrines of Rome to be more rational and verisimilar than any other doctrines whatever.1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 165 But ‘Don Quixote’, if less verisimilar as a narrative,..appeals to far higher qualities of the mind.

Derivatives

veriˈsimilarly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > with approximation to truth

verisimilarly1833

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] > with correspondence to truth

probablyc1443

plausibly1648

verisimilarly1833

1833 T. Carlyle Jrnl. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. xiv. 338 Wordsworth..[was] represented verisimilarly enough as a man full of English prejudices, idle [etc.].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	verisimilar
释义	verisimilaradj. Brit. /ˌvɛrᵻˈsɪmᵻlə/, /ˌvɛrᵻˈsɪml̩ə/, U.S. /ˌvɛrəˈsɪmələr/ Forms: Also 1600s very-, 1800s veri-similar. Etymology: < Latin vērisimilis, vērī similis (see verisimilitude n.), after similar adj. Compare Italian verisimile, Spanish verosimil, Portuguese veri-, verosimil. Having the appearance or semblance of truth or reality; appearing true or real; probable. In early use rare. Frequent from c1845, apparently after Carlyle, who used it freely. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adjective] > resembling truth truthlike1566 verisimilous1635 verisimilary1653 verisimilar1681 plausible1838 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] > appearing true or real apparent1523 truthlike1566 showing1579 verisimilous1635 verisimilary1653 verisimilar1681 1681 Humble Ess. Peace & Truth Church 2 As the Opposition to Truth is either from a downright Lie; or a verisimilar Semblance. 1683 J. Dryden & N. Lee Vindication 25 Now I am to perform all this, it seems, without making any thing verisimilar or agreeable. 1683 T. Hunt Def. Charter London 29 Our Poet hath not so much art left him as to frame any thing agreeable or very-similar to amuse the People or wherewith to deceive them. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II 1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 324 Are these dramas of his not verisimilar only, but true?1846 G. S. Faber Lett. Tractarian Secession Popery 3 Since I judge the doctrines of Rome to be more rational and verisimilar than any other doctrines whatever.1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 165 But ‘Don Quixote’, if less verisimilar as a narrative,..appeals to far higher qualities of the mind. Derivatives veriˈsimilarly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [adverb] > with approximation to truth verisimilarly1833 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adverb] > with correspondence to truth probablyc1443 plausibly1648 verisimilarly1833 1833 T. Carlyle Jrnl. in J. A. Froude T. Carlyle: First Forty Years (1882) II. xiv. 338 Wordsworth..[was] represented verisimilarly enough as a man full of English prejudices, idle [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1681
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