verisimilousadj.

Forms: Also 1600s veresimilous.

Etymology: Irregularly < Latin vērī similis, vērisimilis: see verisimilitude n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: veriˈsimilous.

Now rare.

Verisimilar.

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

1635 Bp. F. White Treat. Sabbath-day 16 Many erronious doctrines of Pontificians, are in our dayes wholly supported by verisimilous and probable reasons.

1642 J. Gauden 3 Serm. 62 A Judge..needs bee a Critick,..to discerne betweene man and man, cause and cause, just and unjust, true and veresimilous.

1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 33 Any verisimilous conjecture concerning the causation of Springs.

1958 New Scientist 23 Oct. 1119/2 Narratives which, although verisimilous to a degree, are shot through and through with the credulous and superstitious outlook of the seventeenth century.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	verisimilous
释义	verisimilousadj. Forms: Also 1600s veresimilous. Etymology: Irregularly < Latin vērī similis, vērisimilis: see verisimilitude n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: veriˈsimilous. Now rare. Verisimilar. 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 1635 Bp. F. White Treat. Sabbath-day 16 Many erronious doctrines of Pontificians, are in our dayes wholly supported by verisimilous and probable reasons. 1642 J. Gauden 3 Serm. 62 A Judge..needs bee a Critick,..to discerne betweene man and man, cause and cause, just and unjust, true and veresimilous. 1675 E. Wilson Spadacrene Dunelmensis 33 Any verisimilous conjecture concerning the causation of Springs. 1958 New Scientist 23 Oct. 1119/2 Narratives which, although verisimilous to a degree, are shot through and through with the credulous and superstitious outlook of the seventeenth century. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1635
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